Package org.graffiti.managers.pluginmgr

Class PluginXMLParser

java.lang.Object

org.graffiti.managers.pluginmgr.PluginXMLParser

public class PluginXMLParser
extends Object

The XML parser for the plugin descriptions. The plugin description (plugin.xml) file is validated by the plugin.dtd.

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	PLUGIN_DTD_LOCAL	The local plugin dtd.
static String	PUBLIC_DTD_IDENTIFIER	The public identifier of the plugin dtd.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PluginXMLParser()	Constructs a new plugin xml parser instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PluginDescription	parse(InputStream is)	Parses the given plugin.xml file.
void	setPluginDescription(PluginDescription description)	Sets the internal temporary plugin description to the given value.
void	validateDescription(PluginDescription description)	Validates the given current plugin description.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

PUBLIC_DTD_IDENTIFIER

public static String PUBLIC_DTD_IDENTIFIER

The public identifier of the plugin dtd.

PLUGIN_DTD_LOCAL

public static String PLUGIN_DTD_LOCAL

The local plugin dtd.

Constructor Details

PluginXMLParser

public PluginXMLParser()

Constructs a new plugin xml parser instance.

Method Details

setPluginDescription

public void setPluginDescription(PluginDescription description)

Sets the internal temporary plugin description to the given value. This method is used by the xml parser only.

Parameters:

description - the new value.

parse

public PluginDescription parse(InputStream is)
                        throws IOException

Parses the given plugin.xml file.

Parameters:

is - input stream of theplugin.xml file.

Returns:

an instance of plugin description, which contains the parsed information.

Throws:

IOException - DOCUMENT ME!

validateDescription

public void validateDescription(PluginDescription description)
                         throws SAXException

Validates the given current plugin description.

Parameters:

description - the description to validate.

Throws:

SAXException - DOCUMENT ME!