Package mgui.io.domestic.shapes.xml

Class ShapeXMLFunctions

java.lang.Object

mgui.interfaces.Utility

mgui.io.domestic.shapes.xml.ShapeXMLFunctions

public class ShapeXMLFunctions
extends Utility

Utility class for methods related specifically to XML representations of Shape or InterfaceShape objects.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Andrew Reid

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ShapeXMLFunctions()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static InterfaceShapeLoader	getLoaderInstance(java.lang.String loader)	Attempts to return an instance of the loader from the qualified reference loader.
static InterfaceShape	loadShape(java.lang.String loader, java.lang.String url, ShapeInputOptions options, ProgressUpdater progress_bar)	Attempts to load a shape with the given loader and url.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ShapeXMLFunctions

public ShapeXMLFunctions()

Method Details

loadShape

public static InterfaceShape loadShape(java.lang.String loader,
java.lang.String url,
ShapeInputOptions options,
ProgressUpdater progress_bar)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Attempts to load a shape with the given loader and url. The loader must be a fully qualified reference to an class which is an instance of

Parameters:

loader -

url -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

java.lang.InstantiationException

getLoaderInstance

public static InterfaceShapeLoader getLoaderInstance(java.lang.String loader)

Attempts to return an instance of the loader from the qualified reference loader. Returns null if the attempt fails.

Parameters:

loader -

Returns: