org.pentaho.reporting.tools.configeditor.editor

Class EditorFactory

java.lang.Object

org.pentaho.reporting.tools.configeditor.editor.EditorFactory

public final class EditorFactory
extends Object

The editor factory is used to create a module editor for an given module. Implementors may add their own, more specialized editor components to the factory.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static EditorFactory	getInstance() Returns the singleton instance of this factory or creates a new one if no already done.
ModuleEditor	getModule(org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.boot.Module module, org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.config.HierarchicalConfiguration config, ConfigDescriptionEntry[] keyNames) Returns the module editor that will be most suitable for editing the given module.
void	registerModuleEditor(ModuleEditor editor, int priority) Registers a module editor with this factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static EditorFactory getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance of this factory or creates a new one if no already done.

Returns:

the editor factory instance.

registerModuleEditor

public void registerModuleEditor(ModuleEditor editor,
                                 int priority)

Registers a module editor with this factory. The editor will be registered at the given priority.

Parameters:

editor - the editor that should be registered.

priority - the priority.

getModule

public ModuleEditor getModule(org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.boot.Module module,
                              org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.config.HierarchicalConfiguration config,
                              ConfigDescriptionEntry[] keyNames)

Returns the module editor that will be most suitable for editing the given module.

Parameters:

module - the module that should be edited.

config - the configuration which will supply the values for the edited keys.

keyNames - the configuration entries which should be edited within the module.

Returns:

the module editor for the given module or null, if no editor is suitable for the given module.