1 package org.apache.turbine.services.assemblerbroker;
2
3
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22
23
24 import org.apache.turbine.modules.Assembler;
25 import org.apache.turbine.modules.Loader;
26 import org.apache.turbine.services.TurbineServices;
27 import org.apache.turbine.services.assemblerbroker.util.AssemblerFactory;
28 import org.apache.turbine.util.TurbineException;
29
30 /**
31 * An interface the Turbine Assembler service.
32 * See TurbineAssemblerBrokerService for more info.
33 *
34 * @author <a href="mailto:leon@opticode.co.za">Leon Messerschmidt</a>
35 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
36 * @version $Id: TurbineAssemblerBroker.java 743071 2009-02-10 19:37:33Z tv $
37 */
38 public abstract class TurbineAssemblerBroker
39 {
40 /**
41 * Utility method for accessing the service
42 * implementation
43 *
44 * @return An AssemblerBroker implementation instance
45 */
46 public static AssemblerBrokerService getService()
47 {
48 return (AssemblerBrokerService) TurbineServices.getInstance()
49 .getService(AssemblerBrokerService.SERVICE_NAME);
50 }
51
52 /**
53 * Register a new Assembler factory with this service.
54 *
55 * @param type The type of Assembler Factory
56 * @param factory The actual Factory Object
57 */
58 public static void registerFactory(String type, AssemblerFactory factory)
59 {
60 getService().registerFactory(type, factory);
61 }
62
63 /**
64 * Return an Assembler for a given type and object name.
65 *
66 * @param type The Type of Assember we want
67 * @param name The name of the Assembler
68 *
69 * @return An Assembler Object.
70 *
71 * @throws TurbineException If a problem locating the Assember occured.
72 */
73 public static Assembler getAssembler(String type, String name)
74 throws TurbineException
75 {
76 return getService().getAssembler(type, name);
77 }
78
79 /**
80 * Get a Loader for the given assembler type
81 *
82 * @param type The Type of the Assembler
83 * @return A Loader instance for the requested type
84 */
85 public static Loader getLoader(String type)
86 {
87 return getService().getLoader(type);
88 }
89 }