ITocEntryFactory (org.faktorips.runtime 21.6.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTocEntryFactory, AbstractTocEntryFactory.EnumContentTocEntryFactory, AbstractTocEntryFactory.EnumXmlAdapterTocEntryFactory, AbstractTocEntryFactory.FormulaTestTocEntryFactory, AbstractTocEntryFactory.PolicyCmptTypeTocEntryFactory, AbstractTocEntryFactory.ProductCmptTocEntryFactory, AbstractTocEntryFactory.ProductCmptTypeTocEntryFactory, AbstractTocEntryFactory.TableContentTocEntryFactory, AbstractTocEntryFactory.TestCaseTocEntryFactory
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public interface ITocEntryFactory<T extends TocEntryObject>
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A ITocEntryFactory implementation is used to load TocEntryObjects of a given type identified by their XML tag.
To make a ITocEntryFactory available during design time, it has to be registered with the org.faktorips.devtools.stdbuilder.tocEntryFactory extension point.

At runtime, the extension point mechanism is not available, instead the ServiceLoader is used. For the ServiceLoader to find the implementation, the full qualified name of the implementation class must be specified in the file META-INF/services/org.faktorips.runtime.internal.toc.ITocEntryFactory.
The file and the implementation class must be accessible by the ClassLoader provided to the AbstractReadonlyTableOfContents's constructor.

Author:

schwering

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`createFromXml(org.w3c.dom.Element entryElement)`	Creates a `TocEntryObject` from it's XML representation.
`java.lang.String`	`getXmlTag()`	Returns the XML tag identifying a `TocEntryObject` this factory can create.

- Method Detail
  - createFromXml
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T createFromXml(org.w3c.dom.Element entryElement)
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    Creates a TocEntryObject from it's XML representation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entryElement - the XML element representing the TocEntryObject
    
    Returns:
    
    a TocEntryObject
  - getXmlTag
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java.lang.String getXmlTag()
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    Returns the XML tag identifying a TocEntryObject this factory can create.
    
    Returns:
    
    the XML tag identifying a TocEntryObject this factory can create