org.jaffa.tools.patternmetaengine
Class ComponentRegistry

java.lang.Object
  org.jaffa.tools.patternmetaengine.ComponentRegistry

public class ComponentRegistry

extends Object

This class holds all the generated components (ie their builders). It is used to keep a registry of all components across the multiple phases of the build. It also provides some convienance methods for accessing components from the repository

Version:

1.0

Author:

PaulE

Constructor Summary

ComponentRegistry()

Method Summary

void	addComponent(IBuilder comp) Add a new component (IBuilder) to the registry
IBuilder	findComponent(String domain, String type) Find a given component.
Iterator	iterateByDomain(String domain) Iterator for all components in registry for a given domain object
Iterator	iterateByType(String type) Iterator for all components in registry of a given type
Iterator	iterator() Iterator for all components in registry

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ComponentRegistry

public ComponentRegistry()

Method Detail

addComponent

public void addComponent(IBuilder comp)

Add a new component (IBuilder) to the registry

Parameters:

comp - New component to be added

iterator

public Iterator iterator()

Iterator for all components in registry

Returns:

a interator of IBuiler objects

iterateByType

public Iterator iterateByType(String type)

Iterator for all components in registry of a given type

Parameters:

type - Type of component (Finder, Viewer, etc)

Returns:

a interator of IBuiler objects

iterateByDomain

public Iterator iterateByDomain(String domain)

Iterator for all components in registry for a given domain object

Parameters:

domain - full class name (including package) of domain object

Returns:

a interator of IBuiler objects

findComponent

public IBuilder findComponent(String domain,
                              String type)

Find a given component. Assumes there is only one instance of a given component type per domain object. If multiple are found the first one is returned.

Parameters:

domain - full class name (including package) of domain object

type - Type of component (Finder, Viewer, etc)

Returns:

the located component, null of no component is found