com.metamatrix.common.extensionmodule
Class ExtensionModuleTypes

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.common.extensionmodule.ExtensionModuleTypes

public class ExtensionModuleTypes
extends java.lang.Object

This names of extension module types which are known and supported.

If all that is needed is the Collection of all known module types, without needing to programatically distinguish between them, use the getSourceTypes method of ExtensionModuleManager:

 ExtensionModuleManager.getInstance().getSourceTypes
 

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	CONFIGURATION_MODEL_TYPE The name of the Configuration Model type of extension module.
static java.lang.String	FUNCTION_DEFINITION_TYPE The name of the Function Definition type of extension module.
static java.lang.String	JAR_FILE_TYPE The name of the JAR file type of extension module - this is the only type of extension module that can be searched for Class objects
static java.lang.String	METADATA_KEYWORD_TYPE The name of the Metadata Keyword type of extension module.
static java.lang.String	METAMODEL_EXTENSION_TYPE The name of the Metamodel Extension type of extension module.
static java.lang.String	MISC_FILE_TYPE The name of the miscellaneous File type of extension module.
static java.lang.String	VDB_FILE_TYPE The name of the VDB File type of extension module.

Constructor Summary

ExtensionModuleTypes()

Method Summary

static void	checkTypeIsValid(java.lang.String typeName) Calls to isValidType(java.lang.String) and throws an InvalidExtensionTypeException if that method returns false.
static boolean	isValidType(java.lang.String typeName) Indicates whether the type name in question is a valid type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

JAR_FILE_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String JAR_FILE_TYPE

The name of the JAR file type of extension module - this is the only type of extension module that can be searched for Class objects

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METADATA_KEYWORD_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String METADATA_KEYWORD_TYPE

The name of the Metadata Keyword type of extension module.

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METAMODEL_EXTENSION_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String METAMODEL_EXTENSION_TYPE

The name of the Metamodel Extension type of extension module.

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FUNCTION_DEFINITION_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String FUNCTION_DEFINITION_TYPE

The name of the Function Definition type of extension module.

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CONFIGURATION_MODEL_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String CONFIGURATION_MODEL_TYPE

The name of the Configuration Model type of extension module.

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VDB_FILE_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String VDB_FILE_TYPE

The name of the VDB File type of extension module.

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MISC_FILE_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String MISC_FILE_TYPE

The name of the miscellaneous File type of extension module.

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Constructor Detail

ExtensionModuleTypes

public ExtensionModuleTypes()

Method Detail

isValidType

public static boolean isValidType(java.lang.String typeName)

Indicates whether the type name in question is a valid type

Parameters:

typeName - name of type in question

Returns:

whether the parameter represents a valid type

checkTypeIsValid

public static void checkTypeIsValid(java.lang.String typeName)
                             throws InvalidExtensionModuleTypeException

Calls to isValidType(java.lang.String) and throws an InvalidExtensionTypeException if that method returns false.

Parameters:

typeName - name of type in question

Throws:

InvalidExtensionTypeException - if typeName is not a valid type

InvalidExtensionModuleTypeException