org.apache.avalon.fortress.impl.role
Class Role2MetaInfoManager

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.fortress.impl.role.Role2MetaInfoManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetaInfoManager

public final class Role2MetaInfoManager

extends java.lang.Object

implements MetaInfoManager

Role2MetaInfoManagerTestCase does XYZ

Version:

CVS Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.avalon.fortress.MetaInfoManager

ROLE

Constructor Summary

Role2MetaInfoManager(RoleManager manager)

Role2MetaInfoManager(RoleManager manager, MetaInfoManager parent)

Method Summary

MetaInfoEntry	getMetaInfoForClassname(java.lang.String classname) Get a MetaInfoEntry for a component type.
MetaInfoEntry	getMetaInfoForShortName(java.lang.String shortname) Get a MetaInfoEntry for a short name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Role2MetaInfoManager

public Role2MetaInfoManager(RoleManager manager)

Role2MetaInfoManager

public Role2MetaInfoManager(RoleManager manager,
                            MetaInfoManager parent)

Method Detail

getMetaInfoForShortName

public MetaInfoEntry getMetaInfoForShortName(java.lang.String shortname)

Get a MetaInfoEntry for a short name. The short name is an alias for a component type.

Specified by:

getMetaInfoForShortName in interface MetaInfoManager

Parameters:

shortname - The shorthand name for the component type.

Returns:

the proper RoleEntry

getMetaInfoForClassname

public MetaInfoEntry getMetaInfoForClassname(java.lang.String classname)

Get a MetaInfoEntry for a component type. This facilitates self-healing configuration files where the impl reads the configuration and translates all <component/> entries to use the short hand name for readability.

Specified by:

getMetaInfoForClassname in interface MetaInfoManager

Parameters:

classname - The component type name

Returns:

the proper RoleEntry