org.ow2.chameleon.core.services

Interface Deployer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDeployer, BundleDeployer, ConfigDeployer, DirectoryBasedDeployer, ExtensionBasedDeployer

public interface Deployer

An interface to extend deployer capability of Chameleon.

Version:

$Id: 1.0.4 $Id

Author:

The OW2 Chameleon Team

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(File file) Does the current deployer accept the given file.
void	close() Callback called when the deployer is closed.
void	onFileChange(File file) Callback called when an accepted file is updated.
void	onFileCreate(File file) Callback called when an accepted file is created.
void	onFileDelete(File file) Callback called when an accepted file is deleted.
void	open(Collection<File> files) Method called when the deployer is initialized.

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(File file)

Does the current deployer accept the given file. The accept method must not check file existence, as it may disable notification on file deletion.

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

true if the file is accepted by the current deployer, false otherwise

onFileCreate

void onFileCreate(File file)

Callback called when an accepted file is created.

Parameters:

file - the new file

onFileChange

void onFileChange(File file)

Callback called when an accepted file is updated.

Parameters:

file - the updated file

onFileDelete

void onFileDelete(File file)

Callback called when an accepted file is deleted.

Parameters:

file - the file

open

void open(Collection<File> files)

Method called when the deployer is initialized. This method is called once per monitored directory, with a potentially empty set of files (if there are no file or if the directory does not contain any accepted file)

Parameters:

files - the set of accepted file currently present is a monitored directory.

close

void close()

Callback called when the deployer is closed.