com.ibm.commons.swt.data.editors.support
Class EditorRegistry

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.commons.swt.util.registry.PluginRegistryReader
      com.ibm.commons.swt.data.editors.support.EditorRegistry

public class EditorRegistry
extends com.ibm.commons.swt.util.registry.PluginRegistryReader

A singleton registry that reads the Eclipse extension point registry and stores information relating to all contributed PropertyEditor extensions.

See Also:

PropertyEditor

Nested Class Summary

static class	EditorRegistry.Category A category by which the property editor can be grouped.
static class	EditorRegistry.ClassEditorDescription A concrete implementation of com.ibm.commons.swt.data.editors.support.EditorRegistry.EditorDescription.
static class	EditorRegistry.EditorDescription An abstract description of the editor as defined in the extension point com.ibm.commons.swt.data.xspPropertyEditor.

Method Summary

PropertyEditor	createEditor(java.lang.String id, java.lang.String parameters) Creates a property editor using the given id and parameters.
EditorRegistry.Category	getCategory(java.lang.String name) Returns an entire category of editors.
java.lang.String[]	getEditorIds() Returns an array of type java.lang.String.
EditorRegistry.EditorDescription[]	getEditors() Returns an array of descriptors.
static EditorRegistry	getInstance() Returns a static instance of this class.
protected void	readElement(org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement element)
void	register(EditorRegistry.Category category)
void	register(EditorRegistry.EditorDescription description)
void	unregister(EditorRegistry.Category category)
void	unregister(EditorRegistry.EditorDescription description)

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.commons.swt.util.registry.PluginRegistryReader

logError, logMissingAttribute, logMissingElement, logUnknownElement, readPluginRegistry

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static EditorRegistry getInstance()

Returns a static instance of this class.

Returns:

register

public void register(EditorRegistry.Category category)

unregister

public void unregister(EditorRegistry.Category category)

getCategory

public EditorRegistry.Category getCategory(java.lang.String name)

Returns an entire category of editors.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

A category of editors

register

public void register(EditorRegistry.EditorDescription description)

Parameters:

description -

unregister

public void unregister(EditorRegistry.EditorDescription description)

getEditors

public EditorRegistry.EditorDescription[] getEditors()

Returns an array of descriptors. The descriptors describe each of the property editors available on the current platform.

Returns:

an array of editor descriptors

See Also:

EditorRegistry.EditorDescription

createEditor

public PropertyEditor createEditor(java.lang.String id,
                                   java.lang.String parameters)
                            throws com.ibm.commons.iloader.node.NodeException

Creates a property editor using the given id and parameters.

Parameters:

id -

parameters -

Returns:

Throws:

com.ibm.commons.iloader.node.NodeException

readElement

protected void readElement(org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement element)

Specified by:

readElement in class com.ibm.commons.swt.util.registry.PluginRegistryReader

getEditorIds

public java.lang.String[] getEditorIds()

Returns an array of type java.lang.String. The array contains the ids of all editors that are contributed to the platform.

Returns:

java.lang.String[]