org.apache.hivemind.schema.rules
Class ResourceTranslator

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.hivemind.schema.rules.ResourceTranslator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Translator

public class ResourceTranslator
extends java.lang.Object
implements Translator

Translator that converts the value to be a resource relative to the contributing module's deployment descriptor.

Author:

Howard Lewis Ship

Constructor Summary

ResourceTranslator()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

translate(Module contributingModule, java.lang.Class propertyType, java.lang.String inputValue, Location location) Finds the resource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ResourceTranslator

public ResourceTranslator()

Method Detail

translate

public java.lang.Object translate(Module contributingModule,
                                  java.lang.Class propertyType,
                                  java.lang.String inputValue,
                                  Location location)

Finds the resource. If the inputValue is blank, then returns null. Interprets the inputValue as a relative path from the contributing module's descriptor. In addition, a localized resource will be returned if avaiable (localized to the registry's locale.

Specified by:

translate in interface Translator

Parameters:

contributingModule - the module from which the input value originates

propertyType - the type of the property to be assigned by this translator; smart translators may be able to automatically convert from string to the correct type

inputValue - the value to be translated, either an attribute value or the content of the element

location - the location of the inputValue; used to set the location of created objects, or when reporting errors