Package de.julianweinelt.datacat.dbx.api.plugins

Class PluginInstantiator

java.lang.Object

de.julianweinelt.datacat.dbx.api.plugins.PluginInstantiator

public final class PluginInstantiator
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PluginInstantiator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
(package private) DbxPlugin	instantiate(PluginDescriptor descriptor, ClassLoader loader)	Instantiates a plugin based on its descriptor and class loader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PluginInstantiator

public PluginInstantiator()

Method Details

instantiate

DbxPlugin instantiate(PluginDescriptor descriptor,
 ClassLoader loader)
               throws PluginInvalidException,
ClassNotFoundException,
NoSuchMethodException,
InvocationTargetException,
InstantiationException,
IllegalAccessException

Instantiates a plugin based on its descriptor and class loader.

Parameters:

descriptor - A PluginDescriptor object containing technical plugin metadata.

loader - The class loader to use for loading the plugin's main class.

Returns:

An instance of the plugin as a DbxPlugin.

Throws:

PluginInvalidException - If the main class is not a child class of DbxPlugin

ClassNotFoundException - If the main class specified in the descriptor cannot be found.

NoSuchMethodException - If the main class does not have a default constructor.

InvocationTargetException - If the constructor of the main class throws an exception.

InstantiationException - If the main class cannot be instantiated.

IllegalAccessException - If the constructor of the main class is not accessible.