org.apache.synapse.registry
Interface Registry

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRegistry, SimpleURLRegistry

public interface Registry

This is the interface to a Registry from Synapse.

Method Summary

void	delete(String path) Deletes a resource in the given path
RegistryEntry[]	getChildren(RegistryEntry entry) Returns the child elements of a given registry entry
Properties	getConfigurationProperties() Return the list of configuration properties set on this instance
RegistryEntry[]	getDescendants(RegistryEntry entry) Returns all descendant entries of the given registry entry
String	getProviderClass() Return the name of the implementation class
RegistryEntry	getRegistryEntry(String key) Get the registry entry for the given key
Object	getResource(Entry entry, Properties properties) This is the publicly used interface to the registry.
Properties	getResourceProperties(String entryKey) Get the resource properties of a given resource
void	init(Properties properties) Initializes the registry with given properties
OMNode	lookup(String key) Perform an actual lookup for for an XML resource as an OMNode for the given key
void	newResource(String path, boolean isDirectory) Creates a new resource in the given path
void	updateRegistryEntry(RegistryEntry entry) Updates the registry enrty (metadata about a resource)
void	updateResource(String path, Object value) Updates the value of a resource

Method Detail

init

void init(Properties properties)

Initializes the registry with given properties

Parameters:

properties - The configuration properties

lookup

OMNode lookup(String key)

Perform an actual lookup for for an XML resource as an OMNode for the given key

Parameters:

key - the key for the registry lookup

Returns:

the XML content from the registry as an OMNode

getResource

Object getResource(Entry entry,
                   Properties properties)

This is the publicly used interface to the registry. It will fetch the content from the registry and cache if required.

Parameters:

entry - the registry Entry

properties -

Returns:

the value from the registry or local cache

See Also:

AbstractRegistry

getRegistryEntry

RegistryEntry getRegistryEntry(String key)

Get the registry entry for the given key

Parameters:

key - the registry key

Returns:

The registry entry for the given key

getChildren

RegistryEntry[] getChildren(RegistryEntry entry)

Returns the child elements of a given registry entry

Parameters:

entry - - parent registry entry

Returns:

Array of child registry entries of the given parent registry entry

getDescendants

RegistryEntry[] getDescendants(RegistryEntry entry)

Returns all descendant entries of the given registry entry

Parameters:

entry - - parent registry entry

Returns:

Array of decendant registry entries of the given registry entry

getProviderClass

String getProviderClass()

Return the name of the implementation class

Returns:

name of the registry provider implementation class name

getConfigurationProperties

Properties getConfigurationProperties()

Return the list of configuration properties set on this instance

Returns:

a Map of configuration properties

delete

void delete(String path)

Deletes a resource in the given path

Parameters:

path - The path the of resource

newResource

void newResource(String path,
                 boolean isDirectory)

Creates a new resource in the given path

Parameters:

path - The new resource path

isDirectory - Whether resource is a collection or not

updateResource

void updateResource(String path,
                    Object value)

Updates the value of a resource

Parameters:

path - The resource to be updated

value - The value to be set

updateRegistryEntry

void updateRegistryEntry(RegistryEntry entry)

Updates the registry enrty (metadata about a resource)

Parameters:

entry - The registry entry

getResourceProperties

Properties getResourceProperties(String entryKey)

Get the resource properties of a given resource

Parameters:

entryKey - The registry entry