nextapp.echo2.app.componentxml
Class PropertyLoader

java.lang.Object
  nextapp.echo2.app.componentxml.PropertyLoader

public class PropertyLoader

extends java.lang.Object

Parses "properties" Elements into maps associating property names with instantiated property values.

Method Summary

Style	createStyle(org.w3c.dom.Element propertiesElement, java.lang.String type) Parses a "properties" Element and returns a Style mapping between property names and values.
static PropertyLoader	forClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader) Creates or retrieves a PropertyLoader.
java.lang.Object	getPropertyValue(java.lang.Class objectClass, java.lang.Class propertyClass, org.w3c.dom.Element propertyElement) Retrieves a property value from an property element.
PropertyXmlPeer	getPropertyXmlPeer(java.lang.Class propertyClass) Returns the PropertyXmlPeer for the given property class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

forClassLoader

public static PropertyLoader forClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)

Creates or retrieves a PropertyLoader.

Parameters:

classLoader - the ClassLoader to use for dynamically loading property classes

Returns:

the PropertyLoader

createStyle

public Style createStyle(org.w3c.dom.Element propertiesElement,
                         java.lang.String type)
                  throws ComponentXmlException

Parses a "properties" Element and returns a Style mapping between property names and values.

Parameters:

propertiesElement - the properties Element to be parsed

type - the fully-qualified component type name

Returns:

a style representing the retrieved property names and values

Throws:

ComponentXmlException

getPropertyValue

public java.lang.Object getPropertyValue(java.lang.Class objectClass,
                                         java.lang.Class propertyClass,
                                         org.w3c.dom.Element propertyElement)
                                  throws InvalidPropertyException

Retrieves a property value from an property element.

Parameters:

objectClass - the object containing the property

propertyClass - the class of the property

propertyElement - the property element to analyze

Returns:

the property value

Throws:

InvalidPropertyException

getPropertyXmlPeer

public PropertyXmlPeer getPropertyXmlPeer(java.lang.Class propertyClass)

Returns the PropertyXmlPeer for the given property class.

Parameters:

propertyClass - the property class

Returns:

the XML parsing peer