org.java.plugin

Interface PathResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

ShadingPathResolver, StandardPathResolver

public interface PathResolver

This interface is intended to establish correspondence between relative path and absolute URL in context of plug-in or plug-in fragment.

Version:

$Id$

See Also:

ObjectFactory.createPathResolver()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	configure(ExtendedProperties config) Configures this resolver instance.
java.net.URL	getRegisteredContext(java.lang.String id) Returns URL of registered plug-in element context.
boolean	isContextRegistered(java.lang.String id)
void	registerContext(Identity idt, java.net.URL url) Registers "home" URL for given plug-in element.
java.net.URL	resolvePath(Identity identity, java.lang.String path) Should resolve given path to URL for a given identity.
void	unregisterContext(java.lang.String id) Unregisters plug-in element from this path resolver.

Method Detail

configure

void configure(ExtendedProperties config)
               throws java.lang.Exception

Configures this resolver instance. Usually this method is called from object factory implementation.

Parameters:

config - path resolver configuration data

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if any error has occurred

registerContext

void registerContext(Identity idt,
                   java.net.URL url)

Registers "home" URL for given plug-in element.

Parameters:

idt - plug-in element

url - "home" URL for a given plug-in element

unregisterContext

void unregisterContext(java.lang.String id)

Unregisters plug-in element from this path resolver.

Parameters:

id - plug-in element identifier

getRegisteredContext

java.net.URL getRegisteredContext(java.lang.String id)

Returns URL of registered plug-in element context. If context for plug-in element with given ID not registered, this method should throw an IllegalArgumentException. In other words, this method shouldn't return null.

Parameters:

id - plug-in element identifier

Returns:

registered context "home" location

isContextRegistered

boolean isContextRegistered(java.lang.String id)

Parameters:

id - plug-in element identifier

Returns:

true if context for plug-in element with given ID registered

resolvePath

java.net.URL resolvePath(Identity identity,
                       java.lang.String path)

Should resolve given path to URL for a given identity.

Parameters:

identity - plug-in element for which to resolve path

path - path to be resolved

Returns:

resolved absolute URL