org.jaffa.rules.metadata
Class RulesMetaDataService

java.lang.Object
  org.jaffa.rules.metadata.RulesMetaDataService

public class RulesMetaDataService

extends Object

This parses the Rules config file and creates instances of the ClassMetaData class. These instances are cached.

Field Summary

static String

VARIATION_FILE_SUFFIX

Constructor Summary

RulesMetaDataService()

Method Summary

static void	clearCache()
static void	clearCache(String variation)
static ClassMetaData	getClassMetaData(String className, String variation) Returns an instance of ClassMetaData for the given name.
static void	main(String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

VARIATION_FILE_SUFFIX

public static final String VARIATION_FILE_SUFFIX

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RulesMetaDataService

public RulesMetaDataService()

Method Detail

getClassMetaData

public static ClassMetaData getClassMetaData(String className,
                                             String variation)
                                      throws SAXException,
                                             IOException

Returns an instance of ClassMetaData for the given name. A null will be returned in case no definition is found in the Rules Config file.

Parameters:

className - The class for which the XML will be parsed.

variation - This will determine the Rules config file to be parsed. If a null is passed, then the core file will be parsed.

Returns:

an instance of ClassMetaData.

Throws:

SAXException - If any exception is thrown while parsing the XML file.

IOException - If any I/O error occurs in reading the XML file. Note: A FileNotFoundException will be thrown, in case the file is not found.

clearCache

public static void clearCache()

clearCache

public static void clearCache(String variation)

main

public static void main(String[] args)