Package net.ssehub.easy.basics.modelManagement

Class ModelLoaders<M extends IModel>

java.lang.Object

net.ssehub.easy.basics.modelManagement.ModelLoaders<M>

Type Parameters:

M - the specific type of model

public class ModelLoaders<M extends IModel>
extends java.lang.Object

Manages the model loaders. This class is not intended to be instantiated directly rather than being created from ModelManagement.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private java.util.List<IModelLoader<M>>	loaders
private IModelManagementRepository<M>	repository

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ModelLoaders(IModelManagementRepository<M> repository)	Prevents this class from being instantiated from outside this package.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IModelLoader<M>	getDefaultLoader()	Returns the default loader.
int	getLoaderCount()	Returns the number of loaders configured.
boolean	isRegistered(IModelLoader<M> loader)	Returns whether the given loader is already registered.
void	registerLoader(IModelLoader<M> loader, ProgressObserver observer)	Registers a model loader and updates the model information provided by the loader.
(package private) void	scanAll(java.io.File location, ModelInfoHolder<M> holder)	Scans all locations for model information objects.
void	unregisterLoader(IModelLoader<M> loader, ProgressObserver observer)	Unregisters a model loader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

loaders

private java.util.List<IModelLoader<M extends IModel>> loaders

repository

private IModelManagementRepository<M extends IModel> repository

Constructor Detail

ModelLoaders

ModelLoaders(IModelManagementRepository<M> repository)

Prevents this class from being instantiated from outside this package.

Parameters:

repository - the model management repository for callbacks

Method Detail

scanAll

void scanAll(java.io.File location,
             ModelInfoHolder<M> holder)

Scans all locations for model information objects.

Parameters:

location - the location to scan

holder - the combined information and result collection instance

isRegistered

public boolean isRegistered(IModelLoader<M> loader)

Returns whether the given loader is already registered.

Parameters:

loader - the loader to check for

Returns:

true if the loader is registered, false else

registerLoader

public void registerLoader(IModelLoader<M> loader,
                           ProgressObserver observer)
                    throws ModelManagementException

Registers a model loader and updates the model information provided by the loader.

Parameters:

loader - the model loader

observer - an optional progress observer (use ProgressObserver.NO_OBSERVER but not null in case that no observation is intended)

Throws:

ModelManagementException - in case that the loader aims at loading inconsistent information

unregisterLoader

public void unregisterLoader(IModelLoader<M> loader,
                             ProgressObserver observer)

Unregisters a model loader.

Parameters:

loader - the model loader

observer - an optional progress observer (use ProgressObserver.NO_OBSERVER but not null in case that no observation is intended)

getLoaderCount

public int getLoaderCount()

Returns the number of loaders configured.

Returns:

the number of loaders

getDefaultLoader

public IModelLoader<M> getDefaultLoader()

Returns the default loader. This shall be used in case that a model information (for some reason) does not declear a specific loader.

Returns:

the default loader (may be null if there is none)