org.eclipse.emf.validation.service
Class EventTypeService

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.emf.validation.service.EventTypeService

public class EventTypeService
extends Object

The Event Type Service is responsible for loading the eventTypes Eclipse extension point and creating EMFEventTypes for the event types that have been contributed. It provides accessor methods for retrieving INotificationGenerators that have been contributed along with the EMFEventTypes.

Since:

1.1

Method Summary

void	configureEventTypes(IConfigurationElement[] elements) Deprecated. 1.2 This method is no longer implemented
static EventTypeService	getInstance() Obtains the instance of this class.
INotificationGenerator	getNotificationGenerator(String eventName) Retrieves the INotificationGenerator associated with the given event name.
Collection<INotificationGenerator>	getNotificationGenerators() Retrieves the available notification generators.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static EventTypeService getInstance()

Obtains the instance of this class.

Returns:

the Singleton instance

configureEventTypes

@Deprecated
public void configureEventTypes(IConfigurationElement[] elements)

Deprecated. 1.2 This method is no longer implemented

Configures event types from the Eclipse configuration elements representing implementations of my extension point.

NOTE that this method should only be called by the EMF Model Validation Plug-in, not by any client code!

Parameters:

elements -

getNotificationGenerators

public Collection<INotificationGenerator> getNotificationGenerators()

Retrieves the available notification generators.

Returns:

collection of notification generators

getNotificationGenerator

public INotificationGenerator getNotificationGenerator(String eventName)

Retrieves the INotificationGenerator associated with the given event name.

Parameters:

eventName -

Returns:

notification generator associated with the given event name, null otherwise