org.apache.felix.ipojo.parser
Class ManifestMetadataParser

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.felix.ipojo.parser.ManifestMetadataParser

public class ManifestMetadataParser
extends java.lang.Object

Manifest Metadata parser. Read a manifest file and construct metadata

Author:

Felix Project Team

Constructor Summary

ManifestMetadataParser()

Method Summary

org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element[]	getComponentsMetadata() Get the array of component type metadata.
java.util.Dictionary[]	getInstances() Get the array of instance configuration described in the metadata.
void	parse(java.util.Dictionary dict) Parse the given dictionary and create the instance managers.
static org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element	parse(java.lang.String metadata) Parse the metadata from the string given in argument.
void	parseHeader(java.lang.String header) Parse the given header and create the instance managers.
static org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element	parseHeaderMetadata(java.lang.String header) Parse the metadata from the given header string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ManifestMetadataParser

public ManifestMetadataParser()

Method Detail

getComponentsMetadata

public org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element[] getComponentsMetadata()
                                                                throws ParseException

Get the array of component type metadata.

Returns:

the component metadata (composite & component).

Throws:

ParseException - when a parsing error occurs

getInstances

public java.util.Dictionary[] getInstances()
                                    throws ParseException

Get the array of instance configuration described in the metadata.

Returns:

the instances list.

Throws:

ParseException - : if the metadata cannot be parsed successfully

parse

public void parse(java.util.Dictionary dict)
           throws ParseException

Parse the given dictionary and create the instance managers.

Parameters:

dict - : the given headers of the manifest file

Throws:

ParseException - : if any error occurs

parseHeader

public void parseHeader(java.lang.String header)
                 throws ParseException

Parse the given header and create the instance managers.

Parameters:

header - : the given header of the manifest file

Throws:

ParseException - : if any error occurs

parse

public static org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element parse(java.lang.String metadata)
                                                     throws ParseException

Parse the metadata from the string given in argument.

Parameters:

metadata - : the metadata to parse

Returns:

Element : the root element resulting of the parsing

Throws:

ParseException - : if any error occurs

parseHeaderMetadata

public static org.apache.felix.ipojo.metadata.Element parseHeaderMetadata(java.lang.String header)
                                                                   throws ParseException

Parse the metadata from the given header string.

Parameters:

header - : the header to parse

Returns:

Element : the root element resulting of the parsing

Throws:

ParseException - : if any error occurs