org.apache.avalon.fortress

Interface MetaInfoManager

public interface MetaInfoManager

MetaInfoManager Interface, use this to specify the Components and how they correspond to easy shorthand names. The MetaInfoManager assumes a one to one relationship of shorthand names to classes. A component can have any number of roles associated with it, so it is more flexible and robust than the {@link RoleManager) alternative.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 15:16:24 $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	ROLE Convenience constant to make lookup of the MetaInfoManager easer.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MetaInfoEntry	getMetaInfoForClassname(java.lang.String classname) Get a MetaInfoEntry for a component type.
MetaInfoEntry	getMetaInfoForShortName(java.lang.String shortname) Get a MetaInfoEntry for a short name.

Field Detail

ROLE

static final java.lang.String ROLE

Convenience constant to make lookup of the MetaInfoManager easer.

Method Detail

getMetaInfoForShortName

MetaInfoEntry getMetaInfoForShortName(java.lang.String shortname)

Get a MetaInfoEntry for a short name. The short name is an alias for a component type.

Parameters:

shortname - The shorthand name for the component type.

Returns:

the proper MetaInfoEntry

getMetaInfoForClassname

MetaInfoEntry getMetaInfoForClassname(java.lang.String classname)

Get a MetaInfoEntry for a component type. This facilitates self-healing configuration files where the impl reads the configuration and translates all <component/> entries to use the short hand name for readability.

Parameters:

classname - The component type name

Returns:

the proper MetaInfoEntry