edu.UCL.xmiddle.lib.protocols
Class XMLProtocolRegistry

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

ProtocolRegistry

public class XMLProtocolRegistry

extends java.lang.Object

implements ProtocolRegistry

XMLProtocolRegistry.java Registers the protocols which are available to the platform. It uses a hashtable internaly to store the data. Loading and saving (not implemented yet) will be done using XML. Created: Fri Jul 27 12:29:50 2001

Constructor Summary

XMLProtocolRegistry()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getProtocolByName(java.lang.String name) Returns the protocol's absolute class name
void	init() initialises a new ProtocolRegistry from scratch
void	load(java.lang.String file) loads a registry stored to disk [FIXME: not implemented]
void	registerProtocol(java.lang.String className, java.lang.String protocolName) Registers a new protocol as available to the platform.
void	save(java.lang.String file) saves the registry to disk in xml format [FIXME: not implemented]

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLProtocolRegistry

public XMLProtocolRegistry()

Method Detail

init

public void init()

initialises a new ProtocolRegistry from scratch

Specified by:

init in interface ProtocolRegistry

load

public void load(java.lang.String file)

loads a registry stored to disk [FIXME: not implemented]

Specified by:

load in interface ProtocolRegistry

Parameters:

file - the file where the registry is stored

save

public void save(java.lang.String file)

saves the registry to disk in xml format [FIXME: not implemented]

Specified by:

save in interface ProtocolRegistry

Parameters:

file - the file where the registry is to be stored

getProtocolByName

public java.lang.String getProtocolByName(java.lang.String name)

Returns the protocol's absolute class name

Specified by:

getProtocolByName in interface ProtocolRegistry

Parameters:

name - The protocol's name

Returns:

the protocol's absolute class name

registerProtocol

public void registerProtocol(java.lang.String className,
                             java.lang.String protocolName)

Registers a new protocol as available to the platform. The protocol's name must be unique

Specified by:

registerProtocol in interface ProtocolRegistry

Parameters:

className - The absolute classname of the protocol where it can be located.

protocolName - The protocol's name