loci.formats

Class ClassList<T>

java.lang.Object

loci.formats.ClassList<T>

public class ClassList<T>
extends Object

ClassList is a list of classes for use with ImageReader or ImageWriter, parsed from a configuration file such as readers.txt or writers.txt.

Author:

Curtis Rueden ctrueden at wisc.edu

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Class<T>	base Base class to which all classes are assignable.
private List<Class<? extends T>>	classes List of classes.
private static org.slf4j.Logger	LOGGER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassList(Class<T> base) Constructs a list of classes, initially empty.
ClassList(String file, Class<T> base) Constructs a list of classes from the given configuration file.
ClassList(String file, Class<T> base, Class<?> location) Constructs a list of classes from the given configuration file.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addClass(Class<? extends T> c) Adds the given class, which must be assignable to the base class, to the list.
private Class<? extends T>	cast(Class<?> rawClass) Cast the given class to something that extends the base class.
Class<? extends T>[]	getClasses() Gets the list of classes as an array.
void	removeClass(Class<? extends T> c) Removes the given class from the list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LOGGER

private static final org.slf4j.Logger LOGGER

base

private Class<T> base

Base class to which all classes are assignable.

classes

private List<Class<? extends T>> classes

List of classes.

Constructor Detail

ClassList

public ClassList(Class<T> base)

Constructs a list of classes, initially empty.

Parameters:

base - Base class to which all classes are assignable.

ClassList

public ClassList(String file,
         Class<T> base)
          throws IOException

Constructs a list of classes from the given configuration file.

Parameters:

file - Configuration file containing the list of classes.

base - Base class to which all classes are assignable.

Throws:

IOException - if the file cannot be read.

ClassList

public ClassList(String file,
         Class<T> base,
         Class<?> location)
          throws IOException

Constructs a list of classes from the given configuration file.

Parameters:

file - Configuration file containing the list of classes.

base - Base class to which all classes are assignable.

location - Class indicating which package to search for the file. If null, 'file' is interpreted as an absolute path name.

Throws:

IOException - if the file cannot be read.

Method Detail

addClass

public void addClass(Class<? extends T> c)

Adds the given class, which must be assignable to the base class, to the list.

removeClass

public void removeClass(Class<? extends T> c)

Removes the given class from the list.

getClasses

public Class<? extends T>[] getClasses()

Gets the list of classes as an array.

cast

private Class<? extends T> cast(Class<?> rawClass)

Cast the given class to something that extends the base class.

Parameters:

rawClass - the class to be cast