org.pentaho.platform.api.engine
Interface IPentahoDefinableObjectFactory

All Superinterfaces:

IPentahoObjectFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandaloneObjectFactory

public interface IPentahoDefinableObjectFactory
extends IPentahoObjectFactory

This class subclasses IPentahoObjectFactory and adds methods that enables the implementation to allow objects to be defined through public classes. The main use case for this is a system where the objects created by the factory are defined in code via an API. Examples are when the Pentaho system is fully embedded into an application, and unit tests.

Author:

jamesdixon

Nested Class Summary

static class

IPentahoDefinableObjectFactory.Scope The different object scopes that are supported

Method Summary

void	defineObject(String key, String className, IPentahoDefinableObjectFactory.Scope scope) Defines a new object.
void	defineObject(String key, String className, IPentahoDefinableObjectFactory.Scope scope, ClassLoader loader) Defines a new object that must be loaded with a specific classloader

Methods inherited from interface org.pentaho.platform.api.engine.IPentahoObjectFactory

get, get, getImplementingClass, init, objectDefined

Method Detail

defineObject

void defineObject(String key,
                  String className,
                  IPentahoDefinableObjectFactory.Scope scope)

Defines a new object.

Parameters:

key - - typically the interface name

className - - the name of the class to instatiate

scope - - the scope of the object

defineObject

void defineObject(String key,
                  String className,
                  IPentahoDefinableObjectFactory.Scope scope,
                  ClassLoader loader)

Defines a new object that must be loaded with a specific classloader

Parameters:

key - - typically the interface name

className - - the name of the class to instatiate

scope - - the scope of the object

loader - - the loader to be used to create the class