org.gvsig.installer.lib.spi

Interface InstallerProviderManager

All Superinterfaces:

ProviderManager, ProviderManager_WithGetFactories

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultInstallerProviderManager

public interface InstallerProviderManager
extends ProviderManager, ProviderManager_WithGetFactories

The installation process install packages in gvSIG. These packages has a type, that can be a plugin, theme, translation, etc. For every type of package the installation process needs a provider for installing the packages.

All the packages to install have to have some install properties defined by the PackageInfo class. This class is just a set of properties and there is a property named type that can be retrieved by the PackageInfo.getType() method that defines the package type. This property is used to create a InstallPackageProvider that is used to install the selected package.

This manager provides the functionality to register and to create a providers for every package.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InstallPackageProvider	createExecutionProvider(String providerName) Creates a new provider to execute an installer to add a new package in gvSIG.
InstallPackageProviderServices	createInstallerProviderServices() Creates the services that be used for the providers to execute or create a new bundle.
String	getPackageInfoFileName() Returns the name to use for the package info file.

Methods inherited from interface org.gvsig.tools.service.spi.ProviderManager_WithGetFactories

getProviderFactories, getProviderFactory

Methods inherited from interface org.gvsig.tools.service.spi.ProviderManager

addProviderFactory, createProvider, createProviderServices, createServiceParameters

Method Detail

createExecutionProvider

InstallPackageProvider createExecutionProvider(String providerName)
                                        throws ServiceException

Creates a new provider to execute an installer to add a new package in gvSIG.

Parameters:

providerName - the provider name used on the registration of the provider. This name is the type attribute defined by PackageInfo .

Returns:

a provider that can be used to install a package.

Throws:

ServiceException - if the provider doesn't exist or if there is a problem creating the provider.

createInstallerProviderServices

InstallPackageProviderServices createInstallerProviderServices()

Creates the services that be used for the providers to execute or create a new bundle.

Returns:

the services used to create or execute an bundle.

getPackageInfoFileName

String getPackageInfoFileName()

Returns the name to use for the package info file.

Returns:

the name of the package info file