org.specrunner.plugins.core.factories

Class PluginFactoryText

java.lang.Object

org.specrunner.plugins.core.factories.PluginFactoryText

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPluginFactory

public class PluginFactoryText
extends Object
implements IPluginFactory

A factory for Text elements.

Author:

Thiago Santos

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static ThreadLocal<IPlugin>	instance Concurrent instance of plugin.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PluginFactoryText()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IPluginFactory	bind(PluginKind type, 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.
void	initialize() Initialize a factory.
IPlugin	newPlugin(nu.xom.Node node, IContext context) Creates a new plugin.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

instance

protected static ThreadLocal<IPlugin> instance

Concurrent instance of plugin.

Constructor Detail

PluginFactoryText

public PluginFactoryText()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()
                throws PluginException

Description copied from interface: IPluginFactory

Initialize a factory.

Specified by:

initialize in interface IPluginFactory

Throws:

PluginException - On initialization errors.

getClass

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

Description copied from interface: IPluginFactory

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.

Specified by:

getClass in interface IPluginFactory

Parameters:

alias - The plugin alias.

Returns:

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

Throws:

PluginException - On reference lookup failure.

getAlias

public String getAlias(Class<? extends IPlugin> type)

Description copied from interface: IPluginFactory

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

Specified by:

getAlias in interface IPluginFactory

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.

bind

public IPluginFactory bind(PluginKind type,
                  String alias,
                  IPlugin plugin)

Description copied from interface: IPluginFactory

Bind a plugin instance to a given kind.

Specified by:

bind in interface IPluginFactory

Parameters:

type - The plugin kind.

alias - The alias.

plugin - The plugin instance.

Returns:

The factory itself.

newPlugin

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

Description copied from interface: IPluginFactory

Creates a new plugin.

Specified by:

newPlugin in interface IPluginFactory

Parameters:

node - The source node for plugin creation.

context - The context.

Returns:

A plugin based on source information.

finalizePlugin

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

Description copied from interface: IPluginFactory

Finalize a plugin.

Specified by:

finalizePlugin in interface IPluginFactory

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.