it.jnrpe.utils
Class PluginRepositoryUtil

java.lang.Object
  it.jnrpe.utils.PluginRepositoryUtil

public final class PluginRepositoryUtil
extends Object

An utility class that allows to define the plugin repository in an XML file instead that using Java Code.

Author:

Massimiliano Ziccardi

Method Summary

static PluginDefinition	loadFromPluginAnnotation(Class clazz) Parse a plugin from class annotations.
static Collection<PluginDefinition>	loadFromXmlPluginPackageDefinitions(ClassLoader cl, InputStream in)
static void	loadFromXmlPluginPackageDefinitions(PluginRepository repo, ClassLoader cl, InputStream in) Loads a full repository definition from an XML file.
static PluginDefinition	parseXmlPluginDefinition(ClassLoader cl, InputStream in) Loads the definition of a single plugin from an XML file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

loadFromXmlPluginPackageDefinitions

public static void loadFromXmlPluginPackageDefinitions(PluginRepository repo,
                                                       ClassLoader cl,
                                                       InputStream in)
                                                throws PluginConfigurationException

Loads a full repository definition from an XML file.

Parameters:

repo - The repository that must be loaded

cl - The classloader to be used to instantiate the plugin classes

in - The stream to the XML file

Throws:

PluginConfigurationException - -

loadFromXmlPluginPackageDefinitions

public static Collection<PluginDefinition> loadFromXmlPluginPackageDefinitions(ClassLoader cl,
                                                                               InputStream in)
                                                                        throws PluginConfigurationException

Throws:

PluginConfigurationException

parseXmlPluginDefinition

public static PluginDefinition parseXmlPluginDefinition(ClassLoader cl,
                                                        InputStream in)
                                                 throws PluginConfigurationException

Loads the definition of a single plugin from an XML file.

Parameters:

cl - The classloader to be used to instantiate the plugin class

in - The stream to the XML file

Returns:

The plugin definition

Throws:

PluginConfigurationException - -

loadFromPluginAnnotation

public static PluginDefinition loadFromPluginAnnotation(Class clazz)

Parse a plugin from class annotations.

Parameters:

clazz - the plugin class

Returns:

PluginDefinition