org.specrunner.plugins.core.factories
Class PluginFactoryAttribute

java.lang.Object
  org.specrunner.plugins.core.factories.PluginFactoryImpl
      org.specrunner.plugins.core.factories.PluginFactoryAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPluginFactory

public class PluginFactoryAttribute
extends PluginFactoryImpl

An implementation which uses a attribute to return the plugin. To map a plugin to a given attribute add a 'plugin_attribute.properties' file and add the name of the class.

i.e. bean=test.PluginAny, then just use attribute bean="anything" anywhere in the specification.

Author:

Thiago Santos

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.specrunner.plugins.core.factories.PluginFactoryImpl

aliasToTypeNames, aliasToTypes, templates, typeNamesToAlias

Constructor Summary

PluginFactoryAttribute()
Creates the factory loading file 'sr_plugins_attribute.properties'.

Method Summary

protected void	byAttribute(IContext context, IPluginGroup result, nu.xom.Element ele) Lookup plugin classes using attribute enumeration as reference.
IPlugin	newPlugin(nu.xom.Node node, IContext context) Creates a new plugin.

Methods inherited from class org.specrunner.plugins.core.factories.PluginFactoryImpl

bind, finalizePlugin, getAlias, getClass, getKind, initialize, test

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PluginFactoryAttribute

public PluginFactoryAttribute()

Creates the factory loading file 'sr_plugins_attribute.properties'.

Method Detail

newPlugin

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

Description copied from interface: IPluginFactory

Creates a new plugin.

Parameters:

node - The source node for plugin creation.

context - The context.

Returns:

A plugin based on source information.

Throws:

PluginException - On creation error.

byAttribute

protected void byAttribute(IContext context,
                           IPluginGroup result,
                           nu.xom.Element ele)
                    throws PluginException

Lookup plugin classes using attribute enumeration as reference.

Parameters:

context - The context.

result - The result set.

ele - The corresponding element.

Throws:

PluginException - On plugin errors.