org.jini.rio.boot

Class ClassAnnotator

java.lang.Object

org.jini.rio.boot.ClassAnnotator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClassAnnotation

public class ClassAnnotator
extends Object
implements ClassAnnotation

Provides support to annotate classes required for dynamic class loading in RMI

See Also:

ClassAnnotation

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassAnnotator(URL[] codebase, Properties props) Constructs a new ClassAnnotator for the specified codebase URLs

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getClassAnnotation() Returns the class annotation string for classes defined by this class loader.
protected Properties	getProperties() Get the properties
URL[]	getURLs() Get the codebase URLs used for class annotations.
void	setAnnotationURLs(URL[] urls) Replace the URLs used for class annotations.
static String	urlsToPath(URL[] urls) Utility method that converts a URL[] into a corresponding, space-separated string with the same array elements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassAnnotator

public ClassAnnotator(URL[] codebase,
                      Properties props)

Constructs a new ClassAnnotator for the specified codebase URLs

Parameters:

codebase - Array of URLs to use for the codebase

props - Optional properties a ClassAnnotator may use to control behavior

Method Detail

getURLs

public URL[] getURLs()

Get the codebase URLs used for class annotations.

Returns:

The codebase URLs required for class annotations

setAnnotationURLs

public void setAnnotationURLs(URL[] urls)

Replace the URLs used for class annotations.

Parameters:

urls - The URLs used for class annotations.

getClassAnnotation

public String getClassAnnotation()

Description copied from interface: ClassAnnotation

Returns the class annotation string for classes defined by this class loader. The returned value may be null.

Specified by:

getClassAnnotation in interface ClassAnnotation

Returns:

the class annotation string for classes defined by this loader, or null

See Also:

ClassAnnotation.getClassAnnotation()

getProperties

protected Properties getProperties()

Get the properties

Returns:

A Properties object set at creation time. A new Properties object is created each time

urlsToPath

public static String urlsToPath(URL[] urls)

Utility method that converts a URL[] into a corresponding, space-separated string with the same array elements. Note that if the array has zero elements, the return value is the empty string.