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javax.ide.extension
Class MetaClassVisitor

java.lang.Object
javax.ide.extension.ElementVisitor
javax.ide.extension.MetaClassVisitor

public abstract class MetaClassVisitor

extends ElementVisitor

An abstract implementation of a visitor for manifest elements which represent meta classes.

Subclasses provide an implementation of the metaClass( ElementContext, MetaClass ) to process the meta class created for the visited xml element.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.ide.extension.ElementVisitor

KEY_LOCATOR

Constructor Summary

MetaClassVisitor()

Method Summary

void	end(ElementEndContext ctx) Visit the end tag of an xml element.
protected java.lang.ClassLoader	getMetaClassLoader(ElementContext context, java.lang.String className) Get the classloader that should be associated with the specified class.
protected abstract void	metaClass(ElementContext context, MetaClass mc) Called when a meta class is created.
void	start(ElementStartContext ctx) Visit the start tag of an xml element.

Methods inherited from class javax.ide.extension.ElementVisitor

getClassLoader, getResourceBundle, log

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetaClassVisitor

public MetaClassVisitor()

Method Detail

start

public final void start(ElementStartContext ctx)

Description copied from class: ElementVisitor

Visit the start tag of an xml element.

This implementation does nothing.

Overrides:

start in class ElementVisitor

Parameters:

ctx - information about the xml start tag.

end

public final void end(ElementEndContext ctx)

Description copied from class: ElementVisitor

Visit the end tag of an xml element.

This implementation does nothing.

Overrides:

end in class ElementVisitor

Parameters:

ctx - information about the xml end tag.

metaClass

protected abstract void metaClass(ElementContext context,
                                  MetaClass mc)

Called when a meta class is created. Subclasses will usually process or store this meta class object.

Parameters:

context - the xml context in which the meta class was created.

mc - the created meta class.

getMetaClassLoader

protected java.lang.ClassLoader getMetaClassLoader(ElementContext context,
                                                   java.lang.String className)

Get the classloader that should be associated with the specified class. This implementation returns the current classloader from the context.

Parameters:

context - the current parsing context.

className - the name of the class.

Returns:

a class loader to use.

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