org.eclipse.jdt.ui.jarpackager
Interface IJarDescriptionReader

public interface IJarDescriptionReader

Reads the description file of a JAR package data object into such an object.

The format is defined by the client who implements the reader/writer pair.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

JarPackageData, IJarDescriptionWriter

Method Summary

void	close() Closes this reader.
IStatus	getStatus() Returns the status of this reader.
void	read(JarPackageData jarPackageData) Reads Jar Package description and fills data into the JAR Package data object.

Method Detail

read

public void read(JarPackageData jarPackageData)
          throws CoreException

Reads Jar Package description and fills data into the JAR Package data object.

It is the client's responsibility to close this reader.

Parameters:

jarPackageData - the object into which data is filled

Throws:

CoreException - if read failed, e.g. I/O error during read operation

close

public void close()
           throws CoreException

Closes this reader.

It is the client's responsibility to close this reader.

Throws:

CoreException - if closing fails, e.g. I/O error during close operation

getStatus

public IStatus getStatus()

Returns the status of this reader. If there were any errors, the result is a status object containing individual status objects for each error. If there were no errors, the result is a status object with error code OK.

Returns:

the status of this operation