ptolemy.moml
Class LibraryBuilder

java.lang.Object
  ptolemy.moml.LibraryBuilder

public abstract class LibraryBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

An abstract class that defines the interface for LibraryBuilder. The main purpose of a library builder is to create a moml library from something other than a moml document. The first implementation of this class is going to be to create a library from a directory of ksw files.

Since:

Ptolemy II 5.2

Version:

$Id: LibraryBuilder.java 43476 2006-08-21 23:54:24Z cxh $

Author:

Chad Berkley

Accepted Rating:

Red (berkley)

Proposed Rating:

Red (berkley)

Field Summary

protected java.util.List

_attributes Attributes that can be added to a LibraryBuilder via moml configuration.

Constructor Summary

LibraryBuilder()
Construct a library builder.

Method Summary

void	addAttributes(java.util.List attributeList) Add a list of Attributes.
abstract CompositeEntity	buildLibrary(Workspace workspace) Build the library.
java.util.List	getAttributes() Get the list of Attributes associated with this LibraryBuilder.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_attributes

protected java.util.List _attributes

Attributes that can be added to a LibraryBuilder via moml configuration.

Constructor Detail

LibraryBuilder

public LibraryBuilder()

Construct a library builder.

Method Detail

addAttributes

public void addAttributes(java.util.List attributeList)

Add a list of Attributes.

Parameters:

attributeList - The list of Attributes.

getAttributes

public java.util.List getAttributes()

Get the list of Attributes associated with this LibraryBuilder.

Returns:

The list of Attributes.

buildLibrary

public abstract CompositeEntity buildLibrary(Workspace workspace)
                                      throws java.lang.Exception

Build the library. This should be built in the form of a ComponentEntity See the VergilApplication code if you want an example of what the ComponentEntity should look like.

Parameters:

workspace - The workspace.

Returns:

ComponentEntity

Throws:

java.lang.Exception