/*
* Copyright [2009] [Marcin Rzenicki]
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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*/
package mr.go.yaxc;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
/**
* This class serves as base class for all actions taken by the configurator.
* Instances of this class are registered in {@link Actions} class. Because new
* instance of this class will be created for every node which this action must
* operate on, you may freely use private fields to pass information between
* {@link #carryOut(String, Attributes, ScopeHandler)} and
* {@link #processed(String, ScopeHandler)}
*
* <p>
* <b>IMPORTANT</b>: If you define your own action and do not use
* {@link ActionInfo} to describe its creation procedure, you cannot make your
* subclass private nested class (or anonymuous) because introspection mechanism
* won't be able to create an instance of this action during parsing
* </p>
*
* @author Marcin Rzenicki
*
*/
public abstract class Action {
/**
* Helper method which subclasses can use to simplify dynamic object
* creation - a fairly frequent operation, thus the existence of this
* method. This method uses {@link Class#newInstance()} internally
*
* @param <T>
* expected type of created instance
* @param classname
* name of class which instance is to be created
* @return created instance
* @throws ClassNotFoundException
* when class identified by {@code classname} was not found
* @throws InstantiationException
* when new instance could not be instantiated
* @throws IllegalAccessException
* when class identified by {@code classname} could not be
* accessed
* @throws ClassCastException
* when new instance does not conform to type {@code T}
*/
protected static <T> T createInstance(String classname)
throws ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException,
IllegalAccessException {
return (T) Class.forName(classname).newInstance();
}
/**
* Helper method which subclasses can use to simplify dynamic object
* creation - a fairly frequent operation, thus the existence of this
* method. This method tries to perform various tricks to choose the right
* constructor. If in doubt, please refer to {@link TypesHelper}
*
* @param <T>
* expected type of created instance
* @param classname
* name of class which instance is to be created
* @param args
* constructor arguments
* @return created instance
* @throws InstantiationException
* when new instance could not be instantiated
* @throws IllegalAccessException
* when class identified by {@code classname} could not be
* accessed
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* when constructor for given {@code args} could not be found
* @throws ClassNotFoundException
* when class identified by {@code classname} was not found
* @throws InvocationTargetException
* when constructor threw an exception
*/
protected static <T> T createInstance(String classname, Object... args)
throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException,
ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException,
InvocationTargetException {
Class<? extends T> clas = (Class<? extends T>) Class.forName(classname);
Constructor<T> constructor = TypesHelper.findConstructor(clas,
args);
if (constructor == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("No suitable constructor");
}
return constructor.newInstance(args);
}
private ActionInfo actionInfo;
/**
* This field is used for passing target of operation down the parsing
* stack. Child actions can retrieve it using
* {@link ScopeHandler#parentObject()}
*/
protected Object object;
/**
* This field is used for providing child actions with additional slots for
* data which should be discovered by parent after children have completed
* their actions. Most frequently it is used for passing params needed for
* method call, but implementor can choose to use it for any other purpose.
* Most default actions pass results of their parsing to their logical
* parents using this field
*
* @see ScopeHandler#addParam(Object)
* @see ScopeHandler#tryAddParam(Object)
*/
protected List<Object> params;
/**
* This field is similiar to {@link Action#params}. Its purpose is to allow
* strong coupling of actions which must cooperate during parsing. It allows
* more bidirectional communication between child actions and parent, all of
* which put properties they are interested in under agreed name
*
* @see ScopeHandler#getParentProperty(String)
* @see ScopeHandler#setParentProperty(String, Object)
*/
protected Map<String, Object> properties;
/**
* This method is called by parser on entering a node on which action must
* operate
*
* @param name
* name of XML node encountered
* @param attributes
* XML attributes
* @param handler
* {@link ScopeHandler}
* @throws Exception
* implementations may throw anything they like. User of the
* library will see this exception wrapped in
* {@link ConfigurationFileError} which provides info about
* document location where processing has been ended
* @see #processed(String, ScopeHandler)
*/
public abstract void carryOut(String name, Attributes attributes,
ScopeHandler handler)
throws Exception;
/**
* Implementation should use this method to avoid hardcoding attribute
* names. This method returns "real" attribute name - a name that user of
* the library wants. Code idiom which implementators should use for
* determining attribute value is:
* <p>
* <code>
* attributes.getValue(getAttribute("name"));
* </code>
* </p>
*
* @param name
* attribute name
* @return attribute name to be used
*/
protected String getAttribute(String name) {
if (actionInfo == null) {
actionInfo = Actions.getActionInfo(this.getClass());
}
final Map<String, String> attributesMap = actionInfo.getAttributesMap();
if (attributesMap == null || !attributesMap.containsKey(name)) {
final Map<String, String> globalAttributesMap = Actions.
getGlobalAttributesMap();
if (globalAttributesMap == null || !globalAttributesMap.containsKey(
name)) {
return getPrefixedName(name);
}
return getPrefixedName(globalAttributesMap.get(name));
}
return getPrefixedName(attributesMap.get(name));
}
public Object getObject() {
return object;
}
public List<Object> getParams() {
return params;
}
private String getPrefixedName(String name) {
String prefix = actionInfo.getAttributePrefix();
if (prefix.isEmpty()) {
String globalPrefix = Actions.getGlobalAttributePrefix();
if (globalPrefix.isEmpty()) {
return name;
}
return globalPrefix + ':' + name;
}
return prefix + ':' + name;
}
public Map<String, Object> getProperties() {
return properties;
}
/**
* This method is called by parser on leaving a node on which action must
* operate
*
* @param body
* accumulated text body of node
* @param handler
* {@link ScopeHandler}
* @throws Exception
* implementations may throw anything they like. User of the
* library will see this exception wrapped in
* {@link ConfigurationFileError} which provides info about
* document location where processing has been ended
* @see #carryOut(String, Attributes, ScopeHandler)
*/
public abstract void processed(String body, ScopeHandler handler)
throws Exception;
}
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