gate.creole
Class CreoleAnnotationHandler

java.lang.Object
  gate.creole.CreoleAnnotationHandler

public class CreoleAnnotationHandler
extends Object

Class to take a creole.xml file (as a JDOM tree) and add elements corresponding to the CREOLE annotations on the RESOURCE classes it declares.

Constructor Summary

CreoleAnnotationHandler(URL creoleFileUrl)
Create an annotation handler for the given creole.xml file.

Method Summary

void	addJarsToClassLoader(org.jdom.Document jdomDoc) Extract all JAR elements from the given JDOM document and add the jars they reference to the GateClassLoader.
void	createResourceElementsForDirInfo(org.jdom.Document jdomDoc) Fetches the directory information for this handler's creole plugin and adds additional RESOURCE elements to the given JDOM document so that it contains a RESOURCE for every resource type defined in the plugin's directory info.
void	processAnnotations(org.jdom.Document jdomDoc) Processes annotations for resource classes named in the given creole.xml document, adding the relevant XML elements to the document as appropriate.
void	processCreoleResourceAnnotations(org.jdom.Element element, Class<?> resourceClass)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CreoleAnnotationHandler

public CreoleAnnotationHandler(URL creoleFileUrl)

Create an annotation handler for the given creole.xml file.

Parameters:

creoleFileUrl - location of the creole.xml file.

Method Detail

addJarsToClassLoader

public void addJarsToClassLoader(org.jdom.Document jdomDoc)
                          throws MalformedURLException

Extract all JAR elements from the given JDOM document and add the jars they reference to the GateClassLoader.

Parameters:

jdomDoc - JDOM document representing a parsed creole.xml file.

Throws:

MalformedURLException

createResourceElementsForDirInfo

public void createResourceElementsForDirInfo(org.jdom.Document jdomDoc)
                                      throws MalformedURLException

Fetches the directory information for this handler's creole plugin and adds additional RESOURCE elements to the given JDOM document so that it contains a RESOURCE for every resource type defined in the plugin's directory info.

Parameters:

jdomDoc - JDOM document which should be the parsed creole.xml that this handler was configured for.

Throws:

MalformedURLException

processAnnotations

public void processAnnotations(org.jdom.Document jdomDoc)
                        throws GateException

Processes annotations for resource classes named in the given creole.xml document, adding the relevant XML elements to the document as appropriate.

Parameters:

jdomDoc - the parsed creole.xml file

Throws:

GateException

processCreoleResourceAnnotations

public void processCreoleResourceAnnotations(org.jdom.Element element,
                                             Class<?> resourceClass)
                                      throws GateException

Throws:

GateException