org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource
Interface Resource.Factory.Registry

All Known Implementing Classes:

ResourceFactoryRegistryImpl

Enclosing interface:

Resource.Factory

public static interface Resource.Factory.Registry

A registry of resource factories.

A registry implementation will typically delegate to the global instance, which can be used as follows

  Resource.Factory.Registry.INSTANCE.getProtocolToFactoryMap().
    put("abc", resourceFactoryForURIWithAbcProtocol);
  Resource.Factory.Registry.INSTANCE.getExtensionToFactoryMap().
    put("xyz", resourceFactoryForURIWithXyzFileExtension);

A descriptor can be used in place of an actual factory as a value in the map. It is used for factories registered via plugin registration to ensure delayed plugin load.

Clients must extend the default implementation, since methods can and will be added to this API.

See Also:

ResourceSet.getResourceFactoryRegistry()

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE_IDENTIFIER The content type identifier "*" that matches any content type identifier.
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_EXTENSION The file extension "*" that matches any extension.
static Resource.Factory.Registry	INSTANCE The global static resource factory registry.

Method Summary

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getContentTypeToFactoryMap() Returns a map from content type identifier to Resource.Factory or Resource.Factory.Descriptor.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getExtensionToFactoryMap() Returns a map from file extension to Resource.Factory or Resource.Factory.Descriptor.
Resource.Factory	getFactory(URI uri) Returns the resource factory appropriate for the given URI.
Resource.Factory	getFactory(URI uri, java.lang.String contentType) Returns the resource factory appropriate for the given URI with the given content type identifier.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getProtocolToFactoryMap() Returns a map from protocol to Resource.Factory or Resource.Factory.Descriptor.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_EXTENSION

static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_EXTENSION

The file extension "*" that matches any extension.

See Also:

getExtensionToFactoryMap(), Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE_IDENTIFIER

static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE_IDENTIFIER

The content type identifier "*" that matches any content type identifier.

See Also:

getContentTypeToFactoryMap(), Constant Field Values

INSTANCE

static final Resource.Factory.Registry INSTANCE

The global static resource factory registry. Registrations made in this instance will (typically) be available for use by any resource set.

See Also:

ResourceSet.createResource(URI), ResourceSet.getResourceFactoryRegistry()

Method Detail

getFactory

Resource.Factory getFactory(URI uri)

Returns the resource factory appropriate for the given URI.

An implementation will (typically) use the URI's scheme to search the protocol map the URI's file extension to search extension map, and the URI's content type identifier to search the content type map. It will convert a resulting descriptor into a factory. It may choose to provide additional mechanisms and algorithms to determine a factory appropriate for the given URI.

Parameters:

uri - the URI.

Returns:

the resource factory appropriate for the given URI, or null if there isn't one.

See Also:

ResourceSet.createResource(URI)

getFactory

Resource.Factory getFactory(URI uri,
                            java.lang.String contentType)

Returns the resource factory appropriate for the given URI with the given content type identifier.

An implementation will (typically) use the URI's scheme to search the protocol map the URI's file extension to search extension map, and the given content type identifier to search the content type map. It will convert a resulting descriptor into a factory. It may choose to provide additional mechanisms and algorithms to determine a factory appropriate for the given URI.

Parameters:

uri - the URI.

contentType - the content type of the URI or null if a content type should not be used during lookup.

Returns:

the resource factory appropriate for the given URI with the content content type, or null if there isn't one.

Since:

2.4

See Also:

ResourceSet.createResource(URI)

getProtocolToFactoryMap

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getProtocolToFactoryMap()

Returns a map from protocol to Resource.Factory or Resource.Factory.Descriptor.

Returns:

the protocol map.

getExtensionToFactoryMap

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getExtensionToFactoryMap()

Returns a map from file extension to Resource.Factory or Resource.Factory.Descriptor.

The default file extension "*" can be registered as a default that matches any file extension. This is typically reserved for a default factory that supports XMI serialization; clients are strongly discouraged from using this feature in the global registry, particularly those that must function effectively within an Eclipse environment.

Returns:

the file extension map.

See Also:

DEFAULT_EXTENSION

getContentTypeToFactoryMap

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getContentTypeToFactoryMap()

Returns a map from content type identifier to Resource.Factory or Resource.Factory.Descriptor.

The default content type identifier "*" can be registered as a default that matches any content type identifier. This is typically reserved for a default factory that supports XMI serialization; clients are strongly discouraged from using this feature in the global registry, particularly those that must function effectively within an Eclipse environment.

Returns:

the content type identifier map.

See Also:

DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE_IDENTIFIER