au.edu.swin.synergy.plugin.syndicate.charts
Class BChartLoader

java.lang.Object
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  +--au.edu.swin.synergy.kernel.BPlugin
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        +--au.edu.swin.synergy.plugin.syndicate.charts.BChartLoader

public class BChartLoader

extends BPlugin

This class reads chart plug-in names from a text file and tries to load them.

Field Summary

protected Vector

loadedCharts Stores loaded charts.

Fields inherited from class au.edu.swin.synergy.kernel.BPlugin

kernel

Constructor Summary

BChartLoader()
Creates an empty chart loader.

Method Summary

String[]	getChartDescriptions() Returns the descriptions of all loaded chart plug-ins.
void	getClassesFromFile(FileInputStream f) Reads in the classfile names from the file f and loads the classes.
void	loadCharts(String file) Reads in plug-in names from file and tries to load them.
void	onBCommandEvent(Object source, BCommandEvent event) Handles incoming command events.

Methods inherited from class au.edu.swin.synergy.kernel.BPlugin

dispatchEvent, dispatchEventAndWait, dispatchEventServer, dispatchEventServerAndWait, dispatchEventTo, dispatchEventToAndWait, getDependancies, getKernel, setKernel, setup, setup, unload

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

loadedCharts

protected Vector loadedCharts

Stores loaded charts.

Constructor Detail

BChartLoader

public BChartLoader()

Creates an empty chart loader.

Method Detail

onBCommandEvent

public void onBCommandEvent(Object source,
                            BCommandEvent event)

Handles incoming command events.

Parameters:

source - The source of the command event.

event - The command event.

Overrides:

onBCommandEvent in class BPlugin

loadCharts

public void loadCharts(String file)

Reads in plug-in names from file and tries to load them.

Parameters:

file - The name of the configuration file.

getChartDescriptions

public String[] getChartDescriptions()

Returns the descriptions of all loaded chart plug-ins.

Returns:

An array of strings containing chart descriptions.

getClassesFromFile

public void getClassesFromFile(FileInputStream f)
                        throws IOException

Reads in the classfile names from the file f and loads the classes.

Parameters:

f - The input stream to read the classes from.

Throws:

IOException - When an error in the file occurs.