org.apache.hivemind.definition
Interface ConfigurationParserDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

ExtensionDefinition, Locatable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConfigurationParserDefinitionImpl

public interface ConfigurationParserDefinition
extends ExtensionDefinition

Defines a parser for the processing of configuration data that is provided in a textual format. The parsed data is handled as Contribution to a configuration point. Each parser is associated with a certain input format, which is specified by getInputFormat(). The parsing is done by an instance of ConfigurationParser which is created by a ConfigurationParserConstructor.

Author:

Huegen

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getInputFormat()
ConfigurationParserConstructor	getParserConstructor()

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hivemind.definition.ExtensionDefinition

getModule, getModuleId

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hivemind.Locatable

getLocation

Method Detail

getInputFormat

java.lang.String getInputFormat()

Returns:

the format of the data the parser can process

getParserConstructor

ConfigurationParserConstructor getParserConstructor()

Returns:

a factory for the construction of a parser instance