org.evolvica.engine
Class DescriptorBuilder

java.lang.Object
  org.evolvica.engine.DescriptorBuilder

public class DescriptorBuilder

extends java.lang.Object

Builder for loading operator descriptors.

Since:

0.6.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2004/05/26 11:58:23 $

Author:

Andreas Rummler

Constructor Summary

DescriptorBuilder()

Method Summary

static OperatorDescriptor	build(org.w3c.dom.Document document) Builds a descriptor from the given XML document.
static OperatorDescriptor	build(java.io.InputStream stream) Loads a descriptor from the given input stream.
static OperatorDescriptor	build(java.net.URI uri) Loads a descriptor from the given URI.
static void	updateDescriptor(org.w3c.dom.Element element, AttributeDescriptor descriptor) Updates an existing attribute descriptor with the information from the given XML element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DescriptorBuilder

public DescriptorBuilder()

Method Detail

build

public static OperatorDescriptor build(java.net.URI uri)
                                throws SerializationException

Loads a descriptor from the given URI.

Parameters:

uri - URI to load descriptor from

Returns:

created descriptor

Throws:

SerializationException - thrown in case the loading of the descriptor fails

build

public static OperatorDescriptor build(java.io.InputStream stream)
                                throws SerializationException

Loads a descriptor from the given input stream.

Parameters:

stream - input stream to load descriptor from

Returns:

created descriptor

Throws:

SerializationException - thrown in case the loading of the descriptor fails

build

public static OperatorDescriptor build(org.w3c.dom.Document document)
                                throws SerializationException

Builds a descriptor from the given XML document.

Parameters:

document - XML document to create the descriptor from

Returns:

created descriptor

Throws:

SerializationException - thrown in case the descriptor building fails

updateDescriptor

public static void updateDescriptor(org.w3c.dom.Element element,
                                    AttributeDescriptor descriptor)

Updates an existing attribute descriptor with the information from the given XML element. This method is just for backward compatibility and will be removed in the future.

Parameters:

element - XML element

descriptor - attribute descriptor to be updated