public abstract class MOMParser
extends java.lang.Object
DefinitionManager
class in order to read and parse metaobject documents from a store of some sort. (Different subclasses may support different sorts of stores).
A MOMParser
instance is typically owned by a DefinitionContextStandard
instance, which provides covers for the MOMParser
methods. In general, clients access MOMParser
functionality via the DefinitionContextStandard
cover methods; they do not directly access the MOMParser
methods.
The methods on this class and its subclasses are not thread-safe; the client (i.e. the DefinitionContextStandard
cover methods) must perform the necessary synchronizaton.