org.specrunner.plugins
Interface IPluginFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPluginFactoryGroup

All Known Implementing Classes:

PluginFactoryAttribute, PluginFactoryCSS, PluginFactoryCustom, PluginFactoryElement, PluginFactoryGroupDefault, PluginFactoryGroupImpl, PluginFactoryImpl, PluginFactoryText

public interface IPluginFactory

Stands for a plugin factory.

Author:

Thiago Santos

Method Summary

IPluginFactory	bind(PluginKind kind, String alias, IPlugin plugin) Bind a plugin instance to a given kind.
boolean	finalizePlugin(nu.xom.Node source, IContext context, IPlugin plugin) Finalize a plugin.
String	getAlias(Class<? extends IPlugin> type) Given a class, for example, return the corresponding alias for the plugin.
Class<? extends IPlugin>	getClass(String alias) Given a name, return the corresponding plugin class associated. i.e.
IPlugin	newPlugin(nu.xom.Node source, IContext context) Creates a new plugin.

Method Detail

getClass

Class<? extends IPlugin> getClass(String alias)
                                  throws PluginException

Given a name, return the corresponding plugin class associated. i.e. For 'include' the class PluginInclude of core plugins package is returned or if 'bean' is requested the PluginBean is returned.

Parameters:

alias - The plugin alias.

Returns:

The class, if type is mapped, null, otherwise.

Throws:

PluginException - On reference lookup failure.

getAlias

String getAlias(Class<? extends IPlugin> type)
                throws PluginException

Given a class, for example, return the corresponding alias for the plugin.

Parameters:

type - The plugin type, i.e. 'PluginInclude.class', 'PluginConnection', etc.

Returns:

The alias, if type is mapped, null, otherwise. Null does not means a invalid plugin, but the plugin is either not mapped in the usual way, or the factory of plugins is not based on alias premises.

Throws:

PluginException - On alias lookup name failure.

bind

IPluginFactory bind(PluginKind kind,
                    String alias,
                    IPlugin plugin)
                    throws PluginException

Bind a plugin instance to a given kind.

Parameters:

kind - The plugin kind.

alias - The alias.

plugin - The plugin instance.

Returns:

The factory itself.

Throws:

PluginException - On bind errors.

newPlugin

IPlugin newPlugin(nu.xom.Node source,
                  IContext context)
                  throws PluginException

Creates a new plugin.

Parameters:

source - The source node for plugin creation.

context - The context.

Returns:

A plugin based on source information.

Throws:

PluginException - On creation error.

finalizePlugin

boolean finalizePlugin(nu.xom.Node source,
                       IContext context,
                       IPlugin plugin)
                       throws PluginException

Finalize a plugin.

Parameters:

source - The source Node..

context - The context.

plugin - The previously created plugin for this node.

Returns:

true, if finalized, false, otherwise.

Throws:

PluginException - On finalization error.