org.eclipse.emf.facet.util.emf.core
Interface ICatalogManager

public interface ICatalogManager

Manager for catalogs containing registered elements defined in models.

Since:

0.2

Method Summary

boolean	canBeManaged(EObject root) Return true if the eObject can be managed as a catalog entry.
void	manage(EObject root) This method is called by CatalogSetManager when a model registration that can be managed (according to canBeManaged) is detected while loading.
void	setCatalogSet(CatalogSet catalogSet) This method is called by the CatalogSetManager after the instantiation of this ICatalogManager.

Method Detail

canBeManaged

boolean canBeManaged(EObject root)

Return true if the eObject can be managed as a catalog entry.

Parameters:

root - the root element of a catalog

Returns:

whether the given element is of the right type to be a catalog root

manage

void manage(EObject root)

This method is called by CatalogSetManager when a model registration that can be managed (according to canBeManaged) is detected while loading. This method adds the given root model element to the catalog.

Parameters:

root - a root element of a model that should be added to the catalog

setCatalogSet

void setCatalogSet(CatalogSet catalogSet)

This method is called by the CatalogSetManager after the instantiation of this ICatalogManager. This method must attach the catalog(s) managed by this ICatalogManager to the given catalogSet.

Parameters:

catalogSet - the CatalogSet to which the catalog managed by this ICatalogManager should be attached