org.drools.spi
Interface Importer

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultImporter

public interface Importer
extends java.io.Serializable

Importer holds a Set of ImportEntries and facilitates the tag within a by allowing Classes to be loaded using a specified ClassLoader

Method Summary

void	addImport(ImportEntry importEntry) Adds an ImportEntry to a Set
java.util.Set	getImportEntries()
java.util.Set	getImports()
java.lang.Class	importClass(java.lang.ClassLoader cl, java.lang.String className) Imports a Class using the given ClassLoader
boolean	isEmpty()

Method Detail

addImport

void addImport(ImportEntry importEntry)

Adds an ImportEntry to a Set

Parameters:

importEntry - - the importEntry

importClass

java.lang.Class importClass(java.lang.ClassLoader cl,
                            java.lang.String className)
                            throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                   java.lang.Error

Imports a Class using the given ClassLoader

Parameters:

cl - - the ClassLoader to use

className - - the name of the Class to import

Returns:

- the loaded class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - - Thrown if a Class is not found

java.lang.Error - Thrown is a class is ambiguously imported.

getImportEntries

java.util.Set getImportEntries()

Returns:

- The Set of ImportEntries

getImports

java.util.Set getImports()

Returns:

- the Set of imports, in text form.

isEmpty

boolean isEmpty()

Returns:

- true if no ImportEntries have been added