javax.activation

Class CommandInfo

java.lang.Object

javax.activation.CommandInfo

public class CommandInfo
extends Object

Version:

$Rev: 467553 $ $Date: 2006-10-25 06:01:51 +0200 (Wed, 25 Oct 2006) $

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CommandInfo(String commandName, String commandClass) Constructor for a CommandInfo

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getCommandClass() Return the implementation class name.
String	getCommandName() Return the command name.
Object	getCommandObject(DataHandler dh, ClassLoader loader) Instantiate and return a command JavaBean.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CommandInfo

public CommandInfo(String commandName,
           String commandClass)

Constructor for a CommandInfo

Parameters:

commandName - the command name

commandClass - the name of the command's implementation class

Method Detail

getCommandName

public String getCommandName()

Return the command name.

Returns:

the command name

getCommandClass

public String getCommandClass()

Return the implementation class name.

Returns:

the name of the command's implementation class; may be null

getCommandObject

public Object getCommandObject(DataHandler dh,
                      ClassLoader loader)
                        throws IOException,
                               ClassNotFoundException

Instantiate and return a command JavaBean. The bean is created using Beans.instantiate(loader, commandClass). If the new bean implements CommandObject then its setCommandContext(String, DataHandler) method is called. Otherwise if it implements Externalizable and the supplied DataHandler is not null then its readExternal(ObjectInputStream) method is called with a stream obtained from DataHandler.getInputStream().

Parameters:

dh - a DataHandler that provides the data to be passed to the command

loader - the ClassLoader to be used to instantiate the command

Returns:

a new command instance

Throws:

IOException - if there was a problem initializing the command

ClassNotFoundException - if the command class could not be found