org.apache.fop.render
Class XMLHandlerRegistry

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.fop.render.XMLHandlerRegistry

public class XMLHandlerRegistry

extends java.lang.Object

This class holds references to various XML handlers used by FOP. It also supports automatic discovery of additional XML handlers available through the class path.

Constructor Summary

XMLHandlerRegistry()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

void	addXMLHandler(java.lang.String classname) Add an XML handler.
void	addXMLHandler(XMLHandler handler) Add an XML handler.
XMLHandler	getXMLHandler(Renderer renderer, java.lang.String ns) Returns an XMLHandler which handles an XML dialect of the given namespace and for a specified output format defined by its MIME type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLHandlerRegistry

public XMLHandlerRegistry()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

addXMLHandler

public void addXMLHandler(java.lang.String classname)

Add an XML handler. The handler itself is inspected to find out what it supports.

Parameters:

classname - the fully qualified class name

addXMLHandler

public void addXMLHandler(XMLHandler handler)

Add an XML handler. The handler itself is inspected to find out what it supports.

Parameters:

handler - the XMLHandler instance

getXMLHandler

public XMLHandler getXMLHandler(Renderer renderer,
                                java.lang.String ns)

Returns an XMLHandler which handles an XML dialect of the given namespace and for a specified output format defined by its MIME type.

Parameters:

renderer - the Renderer for which to retrieve a Renderer

ns - the XML namespace associated with the XML to be rendered

Returns:

the XMLHandler responsible for handling the XML or null if none is available