raccoon.core.manager.thin
Class Component

java.lang.Object
  raccoon.core.manager.thin.Component

public class Component
extends java.lang.Object

The descriptor of a light weight component.

Since:

Raccoon v0.7

Version:

$Id: Component.java,v 1.1 2004/08/08 20:19:17 crouvrais Exp $

Author:

Cedric ROUVRAIS

Constructor Summary

Component()

Method Summary

void	addProperty(Property pProperty) Appends a new configurable element to this component.
java.lang.String	getClassName() The fully qualified class name of this component.
java.lang.String	getName() Logical name of this component.
java.util.ArrayList	getProperties() The configurable elements of this component.
java.lang.Object	instanciate() Creates a new instance of this component.
void	setClassName(java.lang.String pClassName) Assigns the class name for this component.
void	setName(java.lang.String pName) Defines the logical name of this component.
void	setProperties(java.util.ArrayList pProperties) Defines the configurable elements of this component.
java.lang.String	toString() Generates the string representation of this object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Component

public Component()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Logical name of this component.

Returns:

retrieves the name of this component.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String pName)

Defines the logical name of this component.

Parameters:

pName - the name of the component.

getClassName

public java.lang.String getClassName()

The fully qualified class name of this component.

Returns:

a valid java class name.

setClassName

public void setClassName(java.lang.String pClassName)

Assigns the class name for this component.

Parameters:

pClassName - a valid java class name.

getProperties

public java.util.ArrayList getProperties()

The configurable elements of this component.

Returns:

an array list of Property

setProperties

public void setProperties(java.util.ArrayList pProperties)

Defines the configurable elements of this component.

Parameters:

pProperties - an array list of Property

addProperty

public void addProperty(Property pProperty)

Appends a new configurable element to this component.

Parameters:

pProperty - the new property.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Generates the string representation of this object

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string of the contents.

instanciate

public java.lang.Object instanciate()
                             throws RaccoonException

Creates a new instance of this component.

Returns:

the new object represented by this descriptor.

Throws:

RaccoonException - if the component couldn't be instanciated and correctly configured.