org.apache.cocoon.components.transcoder
Class ExtendableTranscoderFactory

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.cocoon.components.transcoder.ExtendableTranscoderFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

TranscoderFactory

public class ExtendableTranscoderFactory

extends java.lang.Object

implements TranscoderFactory

An extendable Batik Transcoder factory. When given a MIME type, find a Transcoder which supports that MIME type. This factory is extendable as new Transcoders can be added at runtime.

Version:

CVS $Id: ExtendableTranscoderFactory.java,v 1.4 2002/02/22 07:00:14 cziegeler Exp $

Author:

Ross Burton

Field Summary

protected static TranscoderFactory	singleton
protected static java.util.Map	transcoders

Method Summary

void	addTranscoder(java.lang.String mimeType, java.lang.Class transcoderClass) Add a mapping from the specified MIME type to a transcoder.
org.apache.batik.transcoder.Transcoder	createTranscoder(java.lang.String mimeType) Create a transcoder for a specified MIME type.
static TranscoderFactory	getTranscoderFactoryImplementation() Get a reference to this Transcoder Factory.
void	removeTranscoder(java.lang.String mimeType) Remove the mapping from a specified MIME type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

transcoders

protected static java.util.Map transcoders

singleton

protected static final TranscoderFactory singleton

Method Detail

getTranscoderFactoryImplementation

public static final TranscoderFactory getTranscoderFactoryImplementation()

Get a reference to this Transcoder Factory.

createTranscoder

public org.apache.batik.transcoder.Transcoder createTranscoder(java.lang.String mimeType)

Create a transcoder for a specified MIME type.

Specified by:

createTranscoder in interface TranscoderFactory

Parameters:

mimeType - The MIME type of the destination format

Returns:

A suitable transcoder, or null if one cannot be found

addTranscoder

public void addTranscoder(java.lang.String mimeType,
                          java.lang.Class transcoderClass)

Add a mapping from the specified MIME type to a transcoder. Note: The transcoder must have a no-argument constructor.

Parameters:

mimeType - The MIME type of the Transcoder

transcoderClass - The Class object for the Transcoder.

removeTranscoder

public void removeTranscoder(java.lang.String mimeType)

Remove the mapping from a specified MIME type.

Parameters:

mimeType - The MIME type to remove from the mapping.