com.sun.jini.loader.pref.internal
Class PreferredResources

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.jini.loader.pref.internal.PreferredResources

public final class PreferredResources
extends Object

Internal data structure which holds preference information for a preferred class loader. This utility is used only by the preferred class loader provider and is not intended to be a public API. A preferred resources object is created from an input stream which is formatted according to the Preferred List Syntax which is defined in the specification for net.jini.loader.pref.PreferredClassProvider Preferred resources instances hold preferred list expression data and the preferred state for the resources contained in a given preferred class loader.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Field Summary

static int	NAME_NO_PREFERENCE Constant value that indicates that there is no preference value for a given name.
static int	NAME_NOT_PREFERRED Constant value that indicates that the resource for a given name is known to be not preferred.
static int	NAME_PREFERRED Constant value that indicates that a given name is preferred.
static int	NAME_PREFERRED_RESOURCE_EXISTS Constant value that indicates that a given resource is preferred.

Constructor Summary

PreferredResources(InputStream in)
Create a preference object from a stream of formatted preference syntax.

Method Summary

Boolean	getDefaultPreference() Returns the preference setting that will be applied to names which have no explicit preference setting in contained preference settings.
int	getNameState(String name, boolean isClass) Searches the preference maps to determine the preference state of the named resource.
Boolean	getWildcardPreference(String name) Return the boolean value of the most specific wild card (package and namespace) expression which matches name.
void	setNameState(String name, int prefState) Enable MarshalInputStream to optimize preference information: permits complete name expressions to be added for names that only match wild-card expressions.
void	write(OutputStream out) Write the preferences to the specified OutputStream using the preference list syntax.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NAME_NO_PREFERENCE

public static final int NAME_NO_PREFERENCE

Constant value that indicates that there is no preference value for a given name.

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Constant Field Values

NAME_NOT_PREFERRED

public static final int NAME_NOT_PREFERRED

Constant value that indicates that the resource for a given name is known to be not preferred. This state is applicable when a preference expression declared that the name is not preferred or when the resource for the name (preferred or not) is known to not exist.

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Constant Field Values

NAME_PREFERRED

public static final int NAME_PREFERRED

Constant value that indicates that a given name is preferred. This state is applicable when a preference expression declares the name to be preferred but it is uncertain whether the resource for the name the exists.

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Constant Field Values

NAME_PREFERRED_RESOURCE_EXISTS

public static final int NAME_PREFERRED_RESOURCE_EXISTS

Constant value that indicates that a given resource is preferred. This state is applicable when a preference expression declares the name to be preferred and the resource for the name is known to exist.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PreferredResources

public PreferredResources(InputStream in)
                   throws IOException

Create a preference object from a stream of formatted preference syntax.

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

PreferredResources

Method Detail

write

public void write(OutputStream out)
           throws IOException

Write the preferences to the specified OutputStream using the preference list syntax. Preference expressions are written in the following order: Complete name expressions Package expressions Namespace expressions

Parameters:

out - the stream to which formatted preference information will be written

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs while writing to the stream

getDefaultPreference

public Boolean getDefaultPreference()

Returns the preference setting that will be applied to names which have no explicit preference setting in contained preference settings. The default preference is set by the first preference setting with no associated name in a preferences list file.

Returns:

default boolean preference value for these preferences

setNameState

public void setNameState(String name,
                         int prefState)
                  throws IOException

Enable MarshalInputStream to optimize preference information: permits complete name expressions to be added for names that only match wild-card expressions. These added expressions hold data that tells if a resource has been loaded. This method makes this object mutable. Synchronization must be used to ensure consistent preference state when this method is called.

Parameters:

name - the name for which preferred state will be set

prefState - the preferred state for the given name

Throws:

IOException - if the name length is zero length

getNameState

public int getNameState(String name,
                        boolean isClass)
                 throws IOException

Searches the preference maps to determine the preference state of the named resource. The preference state for the given resource name is returned. The preference state is an integer that is equal to one of the preference state values defined above. This state integer tells the preference value of name and whether its resource is known to exist.

Parameters:

name -

isClass - whether the given name refers to a class resource

Returns:

the state for the given name which will be set to one of the following values: NAME_NO_PREFERENCE, NAME_NOT_PREFERRED, NAME_PREFERRED, NAME_PREFERRED_RESOURCE_EXISTS

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs getting the state for the supplied name

getWildcardPreference

public Boolean getWildcardPreference(String name)

Return the boolean value of the most specific wild card (package and namespace) expression which matches name. Package preferences are always more specific than namespace preferences.

Parameters:

name - the resource name to which the returned boolean value will apply

Returns:

Boolean.TRUE/code> if name is preferred. Boolean.FALSE is it is not. null if there is no wildcard preference for the name.