com.asdf.client
Class PluginLoader

java.lang.Object
  com.asdf.client.PluginLoader

public class PluginLoader
extends java.lang.Object

Handles loading of dynamic plugins.

Constructor Summary

PluginLoader()
Constructor for PluginLoader which searches for plugins only in location defined in client.conf file.

PluginLoader(java.net.URL[] urls)
Constructor for PluginLoader which takes url -locations as parameters to search for plugins.

Method Summary

CreateGamePanel	loadCreateGamePanel(java.lang.String className, long gameID, java.lang.String name) Tries to load and initialize CreateGamePanel with given className.
GameController	loadGame(java.lang.String className, long gameID, java.lang.String name) Tries to load and initialize a GameController found in classDir in package className.
java.lang.Object	loadObject(java.lang.String className) Tries to load and initialize an object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PluginLoader

public PluginLoader(java.net.URL[] urls)

Constructor for PluginLoader which takes url -locations as parameters to search for plugins.

Parameters:

urls - Locations for plugins.

PluginLoader

public PluginLoader()

Constructor for PluginLoader which searches for plugins only in location defined in client.conf file.

Method Detail

loadGame

public GameController loadGame(java.lang.String className,
                               long gameID,
                               java.lang.String name)
                        throws PluginLoadException

Tries to load and initialize a GameController found in classDir in package className. Class is casted to GameController before returning.

Parameters:

className - Fully qualified name of the class

gameID - ID of the new game

name - Name of the game

Returns:

Instance of requested Game

Throws:

PluginLoadException - If plugin could not be loaded.

loadCreateGamePanel

public CreateGamePanel loadCreateGamePanel(java.lang.String className,
                                           long gameID,
                                           java.lang.String name)
                                    throws PluginLoadException

Tries to load and initialize CreateGamePanel with given className.

Parameters:

className - Fully qualified name of the class

gameID - ID of the new game

name - Name of the panel

Returns:

Instance of requested Game

Throws:

PluginLoadException - If plugin could not be loaded.

loadObject

public java.lang.Object loadObject(java.lang.String className)
                            throws PluginLoadException

Tries to load and initialize an object.

Parameters:

className - Fully qualified name of the class

Returns:

instance of Object

Throws:

PluginLoadException - If object could not be loaded