org.apache.avalon.excalibur.system
Class ConfigurableRoleManager

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.avalon.excalibur.system.AbstractRoleManager
        |
        +--org.apache.avalon.excalibur.system.ConfigurableRoleManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configurable, RoleManager

public class ConfigurableRoleManager

extends AbstractRoleManager

implements org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configurable

Configurable RoleManager implementation. It populates the RoleManager from a configuration hierarchy. This is based on the DefaultRoleManager in the org.apache.avalon.component package.

Since:

4.1

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2002/01/30 15:44:06 $

Author:

Berin Loritsch

Fields inherited from class org.apache.avalon.excalibur.system.AbstractRoleManager

EMPTY_STRING, m_classNames, m_handlerNames, m_loader, m_parent, m_shorthands

Constructor Summary

ConfigurableRoleManager()
Default constructor--this RoleManager has no parent.

ConfigurableRoleManager(RoleManager parent)
Alternate constructor--this RoleManager has the specified parent.

ConfigurableRoleManager(RoleManager parent, java.lang.ClassLoader loader)
Alternate constructor--this RoleManager has the specified parent and a classloader.

Method Summary

void	configure(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration configuration) Reads a configuration object and creates the role, shorthand, and class name mapping.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avalon.excalibur.system.AbstractRoleManager

getClassesForRole, getClassForName, getHandlerClassForClass, getNameForClass, getRoleForClass, setup

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConfigurableRoleManager

public ConfigurableRoleManager()

Default constructor--this RoleManager has no parent.

ConfigurableRoleManager

public ConfigurableRoleManager(RoleManager parent)

Alternate constructor--this RoleManager has the specified parent.

Parameters:

parent - The parent RoleManager.

ConfigurableRoleManager

public ConfigurableRoleManager(RoleManager parent,
                               java.lang.ClassLoader loader)

Alternate constructor--this RoleManager has the specified parent and a classloader.

Parameters:

parent - The parent RoleManager.

Method Detail

configure

public final void configure(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration configuration)
                     throws org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException

Reads a configuration object and creates the role, shorthand, and class name mapping.

Specified by:

configure in interface org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configurable

Parameters:

configuration - The configuration object.

Throws:

org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException - if the configuration is malformed