org.rhq.core.pc.plugin
Class PluginDescriptorLoader

java.lang.Object
  org.rhq.core.pc.plugin.PluginDescriptorLoader

public class PluginDescriptorLoader
extends Object

This class handles parsing and validating an agent plugin's descriptor.

Author:

John Mazzitelli

Constructor Summary

PluginDescriptorLoader(URL pluginJarUrl, ClassLoader pluginClassLoader)

Method Summary

ClassLoader	getPluginClassLoader()
PluginDescriptor	loadPluginDescriptor() Loads and validates the plugin descriptor from the plugin jar associated with this loader.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PluginDescriptorLoader

public PluginDescriptorLoader(URL pluginJarUrl,
                              ClassLoader pluginClassLoader)
                       throws PluginContainerException

Throws:

PluginContainerException

Method Detail

getPluginClassLoader

public ClassLoader getPluginClassLoader()

loadPluginDescriptor

public PluginDescriptor loadPluginDescriptor()
                                      throws PluginContainerException

Loads and validates the plugin descriptor from the plugin jar associated with this loader.

Returns:

the JAXB plugin descriptor object

Throws:

PluginContainerException - on failure to load the descriptor

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object