com.bowstreet.generation
Interface GenContainer

public interface GenContainer

GenContainer is the primary access point to the generic generation engine. When a generation is complete, the GenContainer is the thing that the generated contents are created in.

Method Summary

void	addException(java.lang.Throwable thr) Add an exception for the Designer to display
java.util.Collection	findElements(java.util.List nodeNames)
java.util.Collection	findElements(java.lang.String pathName)
java.util.Collection	findElementsReferencing(java.lang.Object domainObject) Find all the GenElements which have this domain object as their primary reference.
GenElement	findSingleElement(java.lang.String pathName) Finds a single element according to the search string
java.util.Collection	getExceptions()
GenerationSource	getGenerationSource() Get the GenerationSource which was the source of the contents of this container
GenElement	getRoot()

Method Detail

addException

void addException(java.lang.Throwable thr)

Add an exception for the Designer to display

Parameters:

thr - The exception

findElements

java.util.Collection findElements(java.util.List nodeNames)

findElements

java.util.Collection findElements(java.lang.String pathName)

findElementsReferencing

java.util.Collection findElementsReferencing(java.lang.Object domainObject)

Find all the GenElements which have this domain object as their primary reference. This will search the tree, if necessary, but if the domainObject implements DomainObject, this will be a lot faster.

Parameters:

domainObject -

findSingleElement

GenElement findSingleElement(java.lang.String pathName)

Finds a single element according to the search string

Parameters:

pathName -

getExceptions

java.util.Collection getExceptions()

getGenerationSource

GenerationSource getGenerationSource()

Get the GenerationSource which was the source of the contents of this container

getRoot

GenElement getRoot()

Returns:

The root element