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org.apache.avalon.framework.component
Class DefaultComponentManager

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.framework.component.DefaultComponentManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

ComponentManager

public class DefaultComponentManager

extends java.lang.Object

implements ComponentManager

This class is a static implementation of a ComponentManager. Allow ineritance and extension so you can generate a tree of ComponentManager each defining Component scope.

Deprecated: Use DefaultServiceManager instead.

Version:

$Id: DefaultComponentManager.java 30977 2004-07-30 08:57:54Z niclas $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Constructor Summary

DefaultComponentManager()
Construct ComponentManager with no parent.

DefaultComponentManager(ComponentManager parent)
Construct ComponentManager with specified parent.

Method Summary

protected void	checkWriteable() Check if this component m_manager is writeable.
protected java.util.Map	getComponentMap() Helper method for subclasses to retrieve component map.
protected ComponentManager	getParent() Helper method for subclasses to retrieve parent.
boolean	hasComponent(java.lang.String key) Returns true if the component m_manager is managing a component with the specified key, false otherwise.
Component	lookup(java.lang.String key) Retrieve Component by key from ComponentManager.
void	makeReadOnly() Make this component m_manager read only.
void	put(java.lang.String key, Component component) Place Component into ComponentManager.
void	release(Component component) Release component.
java.lang.String	toString() Build a human readable representation of ComponentManager.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultComponentManager

public DefaultComponentManager()

Construct ComponentManager with no parent.

DefaultComponentManager

public DefaultComponentManager(ComponentManager parent)

Construct ComponentManager with specified parent.

Parameters:

parent - the ComponentManagers parent

Method Detail

lookup

public Component lookup(java.lang.String key)
                 throws ComponentException

Retrieve Component by key from ComponentManager.

Specified by:

lookup in interface ComponentManager

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the Component

Throws:

ComponentException - if an error occurs

hasComponent

public boolean hasComponent(java.lang.String key)

Returns true if the component m_manager is managing a component with the specified key, false otherwise.

Specified by:

hasComponent in interface ComponentManager

Parameters:

key - key of the component you are lokking for

Returns:

true if the component m_manager has a component with that key

put

public void put(java.lang.String key,
                Component component)

Place Component into ComponentManager.

Parameters:

key - the components key

component - the component

release

public void release(Component component)

Release component.

Specified by:

release in interface ComponentManager

Parameters:

component - the component

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Build a human readable representation of ComponentManager.

Returns:

the description of ComponentManager

getParent

protected final ComponentManager getParent()

Helper method for subclasses to retrieve parent.

Returns:

the parent ComponentManager

getComponentMap

protected final java.util.Map getComponentMap()

Helper method for subclasses to retrieve component map.

Returns:

the component map

makeReadOnly

public void makeReadOnly()

Make this component m_manager read only.

checkWriteable

protected final void checkWriteable()
                             throws java.lang.IllegalStateException

Check if this component m_manager is writeable.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this component m_manager is read-only