org.eclipse.january.metadata

Class MetadataFactory

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.january.metadata.MetadataFactory

public class MetadataFactory
extends Object

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T extends MetadataType> T	createMetadata(Class<T> clazz, Object... arguments) Create a metadata object of given class with given arguments
static <T extends MetadataType> void	registerClass(Class<T> clazz) Register metadata class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createMetadata

public static <T extends MetadataType> T createMetadata(Class<T> clazz,
                                        Object... arguments)
                                             throws MetadataException

Create a metadata object of given class with given arguments

Parameters:

clazz -

arguments - these must match the arguments given in the initialize method specified in the class

Returns:

metadata object or null if type not available

Throws:

MetadataException - if the class cannot be instantiated, the initialize method does not exist, or the initialize method could not be called successfully

registerClass

public static <T extends MetadataType> void registerClass(Class<T> clazz)

Register metadata class

Parameters:

clazz -