Package org.apache.avalon.framework.component

Class DefaultComponentSelector

java.lang.Object

org.apache.avalon.framework.component.DefaultComponentSelector

All Implemented Interfaces:

Component, ComponentSelector

public class DefaultComponentSelector
extends java.lang.Object
implements ComponentSelector

This is the default implementation of the ComponentSelector.

Deprecated: Use DefaultServiceSelector instead.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.21 $ $Date: 2003/02/11 15:58:38 $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DefaultComponentSelector()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	checkWriteable()	Check if this component m_manager is writeable.
protected java.util.Map	getComponentMap()	Helper method for subclasses to retrieve component map.
boolean	hasComponent(java.lang.Object hint)	Returns whether a Component exists or not
void	makeReadOnly()	Make this component selector read-only.
void	put(java.lang.Object hint, Component component)	Populate the ComponentSelector.
void	release(Component component)	Release component.
Component	select(java.lang.Object hint)	Select the desired component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultComponentSelector

public DefaultComponentSelector()

Method Detail

select

public Component select(java.lang.Object hint)
                 throws ComponentException

Select the desired component. It does not cascade, neither should it.

Specified by:

select in interface ComponentSelector

Parameters:

hint - the hint to retrieve Component

Returns:

the Component

Throws:

ComponentException - if an error occurs

hasComponent

public boolean hasComponent(java.lang.Object hint)

Returns whether a Component exists or not

Specified by:

hasComponent in interface ComponentSelector

Parameters:

hint - the hint to retrieve Component

Returns:

true if the Component exists

release

public void release(Component component)

Release component.

Specified by:

release in interface ComponentSelector

Parameters:

component - the component

put

public void put(java.lang.Object hint,
                Component component)

Populate the ComponentSelector.

Parameters:

hint - the hint to retrieve Component

component - the component to add

getComponentMap

protected final java.util.Map getComponentMap()

Helper method for subclasses to retrieve component map.

Returns:

the component map

makeReadOnly

public void makeReadOnly()

Make this component selector read-only.

checkWriteable

protected final void checkWriteable()
                             throws java.lang.IllegalStateException

Check if this component m_manager is writeable.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this component m_manager is read-only