com.jivesoftware.community.importer
Class ImporterFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.jivesoftware.community.importer.ImporterFactory

public class ImporterFactory
extends java.lang.Object

A factory for Importers. Custom importers can be added at runtime via calls to the addImporter(Importer) method or at startup via a jive property 'jive.importers.yourimporter' = 'com.acme.clearspace.importer.YourImporterClassName

Method Summary

void	addImporter(Importer importer) Add an importer to the list of available importers.
Importer	getImporter(java.lang.Class<?> importer) Returns an importer instance given the importer class.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.Class<?>>	getImporters() Returns a collection of Class's corresponding to the available importers.
static ImporterFactory	getInstance() Returns an instance of this factory.
void	removeImporter(Importer importer) Removes an importer from the list of available importers.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ImporterFactory getInstance()

Returns an instance of this factory.

Returns:

an instance of this factory.

addImporter

public void addImporter(Importer importer)

Add an importer to the list of available importers. This is per JVM instance and does not persist across application restarts. To have an importer be available across restarts set a child jive property (jive.importers.yourimporter) to the fully qualified class name of the importer. For example: com.acme.clearspace.importer.TheBestImporterEver

Parameters:

importer - an importer to add to the list of available importers.

removeImporter

public void removeImporter(Importer importer)

Removes an importer from the list of available importers. This is per JVM instance and does not persist across application restarts.

Parameters:

importer - an importer to remove from the list of available importers.

getImporters

public java.util.Collection<java.lang.Class<?>> getImporters()

Returns a collection of Class's corresponding to the available importers.

Returns:

a collection of Class's corresponding to the available importers.

getImporter

public Importer getImporter(java.lang.Class<?> importer)

Returns an importer instance given the importer class. If the provided class is not an importer this method will return null.

Parameters:

importer - the importer class to return an instance of

Returns:

an importer instance given the importer class.