org.codehaus.plexus.component.composition

Interface CompositionResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCompositionResolver

public interface CompositionResolver

Author:

Jason van Zyl, Michal Maczka

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static char	SEPARATOR_CHAR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addComponentDescriptor(ComponentDescriptor<?> componentDescriptor)
List	findRequirements(String role, String roleHint) Returns the list of names of components which are using the component.
List	getRequirements(String role, String roleHint) Returns the list of names of components which are required by the component of given role and roleHint.

Field Detail

SEPARATOR_CHAR

static final char SEPARATOR_CHAR

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

addComponentDescriptor

void addComponentDescriptor(ComponentDescriptor<?> componentDescriptor)
                     throws CycleDetectedInComponentGraphException

Parameters:

componentDescriptor - ComponentDescriptor.

Throws:

CycleDetectedInComponentGraphException - when cycle is detected

getRequirements

List getRequirements(String role,
                     String roleHint)

Returns the list of names of components which are required by the component of given role and roleHint. The names returned are in the form role:hint, where : is defined in SEPARATOR_CHAR.

Parameters:

role - The name of the component

roleHint - The implementation hint of the component

Returns:

The list of components which are required by given component

findRequirements

List findRequirements(String role,
                      String roleHint)

Returns the list of names of components which are using the component. of given role and roleHint. The names returned are in the form role:hint, where : is defined in SEPARATOR_CHAR.

Parameters:

role - The name of the component

roleHint - The implementation hint of the component

Returns:

The list of components which are requiring given component