001 package org.apache.turbine.services.assemblerbroker; 002 003 004 /* 005 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 006 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 007 * distributed with this work for additional information 008 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 009 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 010 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 011 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 012 * 013 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 014 * 015 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 016 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 017 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 018 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 019 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 020 * under the License. 021 */ 022 023 024 import org.apache.turbine.modules.Assembler; 025 import org.apache.turbine.modules.Loader; 026 import org.apache.turbine.services.Service; 027 import org.apache.turbine.services.assemblerbroker.util.AssemblerFactory; 028 import org.apache.turbine.util.TurbineException; 029 030 /** 031 * An interface the Turbine Assembler service. 032 * See TurbineAssemblerBrokerService for more info. 033 * 034 * @author <a href="mailto:leon@opticode.co.za">Leon Messerschmidt</a> 035 * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a> 036 * @version $Id: AssemblerBrokerService.java 743071 2009-02-10 19:37:33Z tv $ 037 */ 038 public interface AssemblerBrokerService 039 extends Service 040 { 041 /** Name of the Service */ 042 String SERVICE_NAME = "AssemblerBrokerService"; 043 044 /** 045 * Register an AssemblerFactory class for a given type 046 * 047 * @param type Type of the Factory 048 * @param factory The factory object 049 */ 050 void registerFactory(String type, AssemblerFactory factory); 051 052 /** 053 * Attempts to load an Assembler of a type with a given name 054 * 055 * @param type The Type of the Assembler 056 * @param name The Name of the Assembler 057 * @return An Assembler object for the requested name and type 058 * 059 * @throws TurbineException Something went wrong while looking for the Assembler 060 */ 061 Assembler getAssembler(String type, String name) throws TurbineException; 062 063 /** 064 * Get a Loader for the given assembler type 065 * 066 * @param type The Type of the Assembler 067 * @return A Loader instance for the requested type 068 */ 069 Loader getLoader(String type); 070 }