net.groboclown.util.jplugin.v2.util
Class PluginStore

java.lang.Object
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public class PluginStore

extends Object

Stores all known classes which are subclassed from a given set of base classes. It may only be created from a given URLLoader instance. You should optimize your use of this object by only instantiating one per application, for it is time consuming to create one of these.

See Also:

PluginLoader

Field Summary

private HashMap

basesToClasses

Constructor Summary

PluginStore(URL[] urls, Class[] baseClasses)
Loads all the classes which are a subclass of the given base classes, from the given list of URLs.

Method Summary

Class[]	getPluginClasses(Class baseClass) Retrieves all the concrete public subclasses found for the given baseclass.
private void	loadClasses(URL[] urls, Class[] baseClasses) Load the classes from the currently known list of URLs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

basesToClasses

private HashMap basesToClasses

Constructor Detail

PluginStore

public PluginStore(URL[] urls,
                   Class[] baseClasses)

Loads all the classes which are a subclass of the given base classes, from the given list of URLs.

Method Detail

getPluginClasses

public Class[] getPluginClasses(Class baseClass)

Retrieves all the concrete public subclasses found for the given baseclass.

Returns:

null if the given baseClass was not registered at construction time, or the list of Classes found.

loadClasses

private void loadClasses(URL[] urls,
                         Class[] baseClasses)

Load the classes from the currently known list of URLs. After this call,