marvin.plugin

Class MarvinAbstractPlugin

java.lang.Object

marvin.plugin.MarvinAbstractPlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

MarvinPlugin

Direct Known Subclasses:

MarvinAbstractAlgorithmPlugin, MarvinAbstractImagePlugin, MarvinAbstractToolPlugin

public abstract class MarvinAbstractPlugin
extends java.lang.Object
implements MarvinPlugin

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getAttribute(java.lang.String label)
MarvinAttributes	getAttributes()
void	invalidate() Invalidate this plug-in.
boolean	isValid() Determines whether this plug-in is valid.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String label, java.lang.Object value) Set an attribute
void	setAttributes(java.lang.Object... params) Set a list of attributes.
void	validate() Ensures that this plug-in is working consistently to its attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface marvin.plugin.MarvinPlugin

load

Method Detail

validate

public void validate()

Ensures that this plug-in is working consistently to its attributes.

Specified by:

validate in interface MarvinPlugin

invalidate

public void invalidate()

Invalidate this plug-in. It means that the attributes were changed and the plug-in needs to check whether or not change its behavior.

Specified by:

invalidate in interface MarvinPlugin

isValid

public boolean isValid()

Determines whether this plug-in is valid. A plug-in is valid when it is correctly configured given a set of attributes. When an attribute is changed, the plug-in becomes invalid until the method validate() is called.

Specified by:

isValid in interface MarvinPlugin

Returns:

getAttributes

public MarvinAttributes getAttributes()

Specified by:

getAttributes in interface MarvinPlugin

Returns:

MarvinAttributes object associated with this plug-in

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String label,
                java.lang.Object value)

Set an attribute

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface MarvinPlugin

Parameters:

a_attrName - attribute´s name

value - attribute´s value

setAttributes

public void setAttributes(java.lang.Object... params)

Set a list of attributes. Format: (String)name, (Object)value...

Specified by:

setAttributes in interface MarvinPlugin

getAttribute

public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String label)

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface MarvinPlugin

Parameters:

a_attrName - atribute´s name

Returns:

the attribute´s value