org.rhq.core.clientapi.agent.metadata
Class PluginMetadataParser

java.lang.Object
  org.rhq.core.clientapi.agent.metadata.PluginMetadataParser

public class PluginMetadataParser
extends Object

This is a stateful class intended to hold the related metadata for a single plugin descriptor. It is designed to be used by the PluginMetadataManager that will load multiple plugin descriptors and coordinate their metadata.

Constructor Summary

PluginMetadataParser(PluginDescriptor descriptor, Map<String,PluginMetadataParser> parsersByPlugin)

Method Summary

List<ResourceType>	getAllTypes()
String	getComponentClass(ResourceType resourceType) Returns the fully qualified name of the resource component class for the given ResourceType.
String	getDiscoveryComponentClass(ResourceType resourceType) Returns the fully qualified name of the resource discovery component class for the given ResourceType.
String	getPluginLifecycleListenerClass()
Set<ResourceType>	getRootResourceTypes()
void	parseDescriptor()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PluginMetadataParser

public PluginMetadataParser(PluginDescriptor descriptor,
                            Map<String,PluginMetadataParser> parsersByPlugin)
                     throws InvalidPluginDescriptorException

Throws:

InvalidPluginDescriptorException

Method Detail

getPluginLifecycleListenerClass

public String getPluginLifecycleListenerClass()

getAllTypes

public List<ResourceType> getAllTypes()

getRootResourceTypes

public Set<ResourceType> getRootResourceTypes()

Returns:

the root types for this plugin (not necessarily root for the whole system)

parseDescriptor

public void parseDescriptor()
                     throws InvalidPluginDescriptorException

Throws:

InvalidPluginDescriptorException

getDiscoveryComponentClass

public String getDiscoveryComponentClass(ResourceType resourceType)

Returns the fully qualified name of the resource discovery component class for the given ResourceType. This method is only called by the Plugin Container.

Parameters:

resourceType - the ResourceType

Returns:

the resource discovery component class name

getComponentClass

public String getComponentClass(ResourceType resourceType)

Returns the fully qualified name of the resource component class for the given ResourceType. This method is only called by the Plugin Container.

Parameters:

resourceType - the ResourceType

Returns:

the resource component class name