net.sourceforge.mflow.api
Interface ComponentManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComponentManagerImpl

public interface ComponentManager

A class for managing instances of MsgFlowComponent

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

David Carr

Method Summary

void	addComponentType(java.lang.Class ct) Adds a new type of component
java.lang.Class[]	getComponentTypes() Gets the registered component types
MsgFlowComponent[]	getInstances() Gets an array of the current instances of MsgFlowComponent
MsgFolder[]	getRootFolders() Gets the root MsgFolders
SendFolder[]	getSendFolders() Gets the active instances of SendFolder
MsgFlowComponent	newInstance(java.lang.Class c) Creates an instance of an MsgFlowComponent.
void	removeInstance(MsgFlowComponent comp) Removes an instance of MsgFlowComponent
void	send() Sends all queued messages

Method Detail

addComponentType

void addComponentType(java.lang.Class ct)

Adds a new type of component

Parameters:

ct - the Class object for the MsgFlowComponent implementation

newInstance

MsgFlowComponent newInstance(java.lang.Class c)

Creates an instance of an MsgFlowComponent.

Parameters:

c - the Class object for the component type

Returns:

an MsgFlowComponent of the specified type, or null on error

See Also:

getComponentTypes()

getComponentTypes

java.lang.Class[] getComponentTypes()

Gets the registered component types

Returns:

an array of Class objects for all known implementations of MsgFlowComponent

getInstances

MsgFlowComponent[] getInstances()

Gets an array of the current instances of MsgFlowComponent

Returns:

an array of MsgFlowComponents

removeInstance

void removeInstance(MsgFlowComponent comp)

Removes an instance of MsgFlowComponent

Parameters:

comp - the instance to remove

getRootFolders

MsgFolder[] getRootFolders()

Gets the root MsgFolders

Returns:

the root MsgFolders

getSendFolders

SendFolder[] getSendFolders()

Gets the active instances of SendFolder

Returns:

an array of SendFolder instances

send

void send()

Sends all queued messages