org.xanot.structure
Class CreateInstanceRule

java.lang.Object
  org.xanot.structure.XanotRule
      org.xanot.structure.CreateInstanceRule

public class CreateInstanceRule
extends XanotRule

Create instance rule. This rule define what class should be instantiated when it encounters an xml element start.

Author:

Ferdinand Neman (newm4n _at_ gmail.com)

Constructor Summary

CreateInstanceRule(java.lang.String path, java.lang.Class baseClass)
Creates a new CreateInstanceRule object.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	createInstance() Create an object instance based on the base class
java.lang.Class	getBaseClass() Get the class to instantiate
boolean	isRepeatable() Check wether the base class can be nested inside the same or child of this class
boolean	isRoot() Check wether the base class is the root class.
void	setBaseClass(java.lang.Class baseClass) Set the class to instantiate
void	setRepeatable(boolean repeatable) Determine wether the base class can be nested inside the same or child of this class
void	setRoot(boolean root) Determine wether the base class is the root class.
java.lang.String	toString() Get string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class org.xanot.structure.XanotRule

getPath, setPath

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CreateInstanceRule

public CreateInstanceRule(java.lang.String path,
                          java.lang.Class baseClass)

Creates a new CreateInstanceRule object.

Parameters:

path - Path name, should be equals to the xml open tag name.

baseClass - The class to instantiate

Method Detail

getBaseClass

public java.lang.Class getBaseClass()

Get the class to instantiate

Returns:

Returns the baseClass.

setBaseClass

public void setBaseClass(java.lang.Class baseClass)

Set the class to instantiate

Parameters:

baseClass - The baseClass to set.

createInstance

public java.lang.Object createInstance()
                                throws java.lang.InstantiationException,
                                       java.lang.IllegalAccessException

Create an object instance based on the base class

Returns:

Instance

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException - Thrown when instantiating class.

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - Thrown when the class is not legally accessed.

isRoot

public boolean isRoot()

Check wether the base class is the root class.

Returns:

Returns the root.

setRoot

public void setRoot(boolean root)

Determine wether the base class is the root class.

Parameters:

root - The root to set.

isRepeatable

public boolean isRepeatable()

Check wether the base class can be nested inside the same or child of this class

Returns:

Returns the repeatable.

setRepeatable

public void setRepeatable(boolean repeatable)

Determine wether the base class can be nested inside the same or child of this class

Parameters:

repeatable - The repeatable to set.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Get string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

String representation.