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Class ManifestUtilities

java.lang.Object
com.essbase.eas.framework.defs.ManifestUtilities

public final class ManifestUtilities

extends java.lang.Object

Provides some utility methods for working with manifest files, primarily by locating all manifest files in the CLASSPATH and returning sets of objects marked with certain properties in the manifest files.

This class cannot be instantiated.

Since:

6.5.3

Version:

6.5.3, 10/23/02

Author:

Hank Cox, Painted Word

Method Summary

static void	callHandler(java.lang.String property, java.lang.String method)
static java.lang.String	convertClassName(java.lang.String candidate) converts a string from the format found in a manifest file to the corresponding value that can be located for Class.forName().
static java.lang.String[]	getEntriesFor(java.lang.String property, java.lang.String value) Works through the URLs accessible to all of the class loaders looking for manifest files.
static java.net.URL[]	getURLs()
static void	setAppDir(java.lang.String s) Sets the application server directory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getURLs

public static java.net.URL[] getURLs()

getEntriesFor

public static java.lang.String[] getEntriesFor(java.lang.String property,
                                               java.lang.String value)

Works through the URLs accessible to all of the class loaders looking for manifest files. Manifest files can either be in a jar file or can be a standalone file with the name "Manifest.mf". For each manifest file located, opens the manifest, parses through the entries looking for all entries that contain the requested property and value, and adds that entry to the result set.

Parameters:

property - the property that is being searched for in the manifest entry

value - a value for the property to have; if this is null or of length zero, any entry will match.

Returns:

an array list to put the names of with attributes and values matching the other input values.

callHandler

public static void callHandler(java.lang.String property,
                               java.lang.String method)

convertClassName

public static java.lang.String convertClassName(java.lang.String candidate)

converts a string from the format found in a manifest file to the corresponding value that can be located for Class.forName().

Parameters:

candidate - string to be converted

Returns:

a class locatable version of the original string.

setAppDir

public static void setAppDir(java.lang.String s)

Sets the application server directory

Parameters:

s - the String representing the directory name

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