org.openide.modules
Class Modules

java.lang.Object
  org.openide.modules.Modules

public abstract class Modules
extends Object

Information about the set of available modules.

Since:

org.openide.modules 7.19

Constructor Summary

protected

Modules() Restricted constructor for subclasses.

Method Summary

static Modules	getDefault() Gets the singleton set of modules.
abstract ModuleInfo	ownerOf(Class<?> clazz) Finds the module which loaded a class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Modules

protected Modules()

Restricted constructor for subclasses.

Method Detail

getDefault

public static Modules getDefault()

Gets the singleton set of modules. An implementation of this service should be registered by the module system. The fallback implementation implements ownerOf(java.lang.Class) using a linear search.

Returns:

the default instance

ownerOf

public abstract ModuleInfo ownerOf(Class<?> clazz)

Finds the module which loaded a class.

Parameters:

clazz - a class

Returns:

the owner of the class, or null if it is not owned by any module

See Also:

ModuleInfo.owns(java.lang.Class)