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org.apache.lenya.ac.file
Class FileItemManager

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.lenya.ac.file.FileItemManager

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileGroupManager, FileIPRangeManager, FileRoleManager, FileUserManager

public abstract class FileItemManager
extends java.lang.Object

Abstract superclass for classes that manage items loaded from configuration files.

Nested Class Summary

static class

FileItemManager.DirectoryChangeNotifier Helper class to observe a directory for changes.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

PATH

Constructor Summary

protected

FileItemManager(java.io.File configurationDirectory) Create a new ItemManager

Method Summary

void	add(Item item) Add an Item to this manager
void	addItemManagerListener(ItemManagerListener listener) Attaches an item manager listener to this item manager.
boolean	contains(Item item) Returns if the ItemManager contains an object.
java.io.File	getConfigurationDirectory() Get the directory where the items are located.
protected java.io.FileFilter	getFileFilter() Get a file filter which filters for files containing items.
Item	getItem(java.lang.String id) Returns an item for a given ID.
protected java.lang.String	getItemClass(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration config) Returns the class name of an item.
protected org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration	getItemConfiguration(java.io.File file) Loads teh configuration of an item from a file.
Item[]	getItems() get all items
protected abstract java.lang.String	getSuffix() Returns the file extension to be used.
protected Item	loadItem(java.io.File file) Loads an item from a file.
protected void	loadItems() Reloads the items if an item was changed / added / removed.
protected void	notifyAdded(Item item) Notifies the listeners that an item was added.
protected void	notifyRemoved(Item item) Notifies the listeners that an item was removed.
void	remove(Item item) Remove an item from this manager
protected void	removeItem(java.io.File file)
void	removeItemManagerListener(ItemManagerListener listener) Removes an item manager listener from this item manager.
void	update(Item newItem) Update an item.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PATH

public static final java.lang.String PATH

Constructor Detail

FileItemManager

protected FileItemManager(java.io.File configurationDirectory)
                   throws AccessControlException

Create a new ItemManager

Parameters:

configurationDirectory - where the items are fetched from

Throws:

AccessControlException - if the item manager cannot be instantiated

Method Detail

loadItems

protected void loadItems()
                  throws AccessControlException

Reloads the items if an item was changed / added / removed.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.

loadItem

protected Item loadItem(java.io.File file)
                 throws AccessControlException

Loads an item from a file.

Parameters:

file - The file.

Returns:

An item.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.

getItemClass

protected java.lang.String getItemClass(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration config)
                                 throws AccessControlException

Returns the class name of an item.

Parameters:

config - The item configuration.

Returns:

The class name.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.

getItemConfiguration

protected org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration getItemConfiguration(java.io.File file)
                                                                                throws AccessControlException

Loads teh configuration of an item from a file.

Parameters:

file - The file.

Returns:

A configuration.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when something went wrong.

removeItem

protected void removeItem(java.io.File file)

getItem

public Item getItem(java.lang.String id)

Returns an item for a given ID.

Parameters:

id - The id.

Returns:

An item.

getItems

public Item[] getItems()

get all items

Returns:

an array of items

add

public void add(Item item)
         throws AccessControlException

Add an Item to this manager

Parameters:

item - to be added

Throws:

AccessControlException - when the notification threw this exception.

remove

public void remove(Item item)
            throws AccessControlException

Remove an item from this manager

Parameters:

item - to be removed

Throws:

AccessControlException - when the notification threw this exception.

update

public void update(Item newItem)
            throws AccessControlException

Update an item.

Parameters:

newItem - The new version of the item.

Throws:

AccessControlException - when the notification threw this exception.

contains

public boolean contains(Item item)

Returns if the ItemManager contains an object.

Parameters:

item - The object.

Returns:

A boolean value.

getConfigurationDirectory

public java.io.File getConfigurationDirectory()

Get the directory where the items are located.

Returns:

a File

getFileFilter

protected java.io.FileFilter getFileFilter()

Get a file filter which filters for files containing items.

Returns:

a FileFilter

getSuffix

protected abstract java.lang.String getSuffix()

Returns the file extension to be used.

Returns:

A string.

addItemManagerListener

public void addItemManagerListener(ItemManagerListener listener)

Attaches an item manager listener to this item manager.

Parameters:

listener - An item manager listener.

removeItemManagerListener

public void removeItemManagerListener(ItemManagerListener listener)

Removes an item manager listener from this item manager.

Parameters:

listener - An item manager listener.

notifyAdded

protected void notifyAdded(Item item)
                    throws AccessControlException

Notifies the listeners that an item was added.

Parameters:

item - The item that was added.

Throws:

AccessControlException - if an error occurs.

notifyRemoved

protected void notifyRemoved(Item item)
                      throws AccessControlException

Notifies the listeners that an item was removed.

Parameters:

item - The item that was removed.

Throws:

AccessControlException - if an error occurs.