org.eclipse.jet.runtime.model
Interface IModelLoader

public interface IModelLoader

Loads an object model given an URL reference to a model, or a string form of that model.

Method Summary

boolean	canLoad(java.lang.String kind) Indicate whether the model loader can handle a particular file kind.
java.lang.Object	load(java.net.URL modelUrl) Load a model from the passed URL.
java.lang.Object	load(java.net.URL modelUrl, java.lang.String kind) Load a model from the passed URL.
java.lang.Object	loadFromString(java.lang.String serializedModel, java.lang.String kind) Load a model from a String representation of that model

Method Detail

load

java.lang.Object load(java.net.URL modelUrl)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Load a model from the passed URL.

Parameters:

modelUrl - a URL referencing the model to load

Returns:

the root of the loaded model.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs while loading the model.

load

java.lang.Object load(java.net.URL modelUrl,
                      java.lang.String kind)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Load a model from the passed URL.

Parameters:

modelUrl - a URL referencing the model to load

kind - the kind of file (extension) that should be used to contain this content.

Returns:

the root of the loaded model.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs while loading the model.

loadFromString

java.lang.Object loadFromString(java.lang.String serializedModel,
                                java.lang.String kind)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Load a model from a String representation of that model

Parameters:

serializedModel - the String form of the model. Will not be null.

kind - the kind of file (extension) that would be used to contain this content.

Returns:

the root of the loaded model.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs while loading the model.

canLoad

boolean canLoad(java.lang.String kind)

Indicate whether the model loader can handle a particular file kind.

Parameters:

kind - the file kind (extension)

Returns:

true if the loader can load this kind of file, false otherwise.