org.swixml

Class TagLibrary

java.lang.Object

org.swixml.TagLibrary

Direct Known Subclasses:

SwingTagLibrary

public abstract class TagLibrary
extends Object

A skeletal impementation of a TagLibrary
A TagLibrary has a collection of Factories. Every Tag is mapped to a Factory which is used to build the java object during document parsing. Date: Dec 9, 2002

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Wolf Paulus

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TagLibrary() Constructs a new TagLibrary and regisiters all factories.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Factory	getFactory(Class template) Returns the Factory that is currently registered for the given Tag name
Factory	getFactory(String name) Returns the Factory that is currently registered for the given Tag name
protected Method	getSetter(Class template, String name) Returns a setter method by name for a specified template class
Map	getTagClasses()
protected Method	guessSetter(Class template, String name) Returns a setter method by name for a specified template class
void	registerTag(String name, Class template) Registers a class for the given tag name
void	registerTag(String name, Factory factory) Registers a factory for the given tag name
protected abstract void	registerTags() Registers all factories for the TagLibrary.
boolean	unregisterTag(String name) Un-registers (removes) a registered tag.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TagLibrary

public TagLibrary()

Constructs a new TagLibrary and regisiters all factories.

Method Detail

registerTags

protected abstract void registerTags()

Registers all factories for the TagLibrary.

registerTag

public void registerTag(String name,
                        Class template)

Registers a class for the given tag name

Parameters:

name - String the tag's name

template - Class the java class that represents the tag

registerTag

public void registerTag(String name,
                        Factory factory)

Registers a factory for the given tag name

Parameters:

name - String the tag's name

factory - FactoryFactory factory to create an Instance of the tag

unregisterTag

public boolean unregisterTag(String name)

Un-registers (removes) a registered tag.

Parameters:

name - String the tag's name

Returns:

boolean true if tag was registered befoire and now successfuly removed.

getTagClasses

public Map getTagClasses()

Returns:

Map - all registered tags.

Use athe tag names to get to the factories

getFactory

public Factory getFactory(String name)

Returns the Factory that is currently registered for the given Tag name

Parameters:

name - String

Returns:

Factory - regsitered for the given tag name

getFactory

public Factory getFactory(Class template)

Returns the Factory that is currently registered for the given Tag name

Parameters:

template - Class

Returns:

Factory - regsitered for the given tag name

getSetter

protected Method getSetter(Class template,
                           String name)

Returns a setter method by name for a specified template class

Parameters:

template - Class template class

name - Sting method name

Returns:

Method - a setter method for the given class.

See Also:

guessSetter(Class, String), Factory.getSetter(String)

guessSetter

protected Method guessSetter(Class template,
                             String name)

Returns a setter method by name for a specified template class

Parameters:

template - Class template class

name - Sting attribute name

Returns:

Method - a setter method for the given class, able to modify the property.

See Also:

getSetter(Class, String), Factory.guessSetter(String)