org.apache.cocoon.components.renderer
Class ExtendableRendererFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.cocoon.components.renderer.ExtendableRendererFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

RendererFactory

public class ExtendableRendererFactory
extends Object
implements RendererFactory

An extendable FOP Renderer factory. When given a MIME type, find a Renderer which supports that MIME type. This factory is extendable as new Renderers can be added at runtime.

Version:

CVS $Id: ExtendableRendererFactory.html 1304258 2012-03-23 10:09:27Z ilgrosso $

Author:

Davanum Srinivas

Field Summary

protected static Map	renderers
protected static RendererFactory	singleton

Method Summary

void	addRenderer(String mimeType, Class rendererClass) Add a mapping from the specified MIME type to a renderer.
org.apache.fop.render.Renderer	createRenderer(String mimeType) Create a renderer for a specified MIME type.
static RendererFactory	getRendererFactoryImplementation() Get a reference to this Renderer Factory.
void	removeRenderer(String mimeType) Remove the mapping from a specified MIME type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

renderers

protected static final Map renderers

singleton

protected static final RendererFactory singleton

Method Detail

getRendererFactoryImplementation

public static final RendererFactory getRendererFactoryImplementation()

Get a reference to this Renderer Factory.

createRenderer

public org.apache.fop.render.Renderer createRenderer(String mimeType)

Create a renderer for a specified MIME type.

Specified by:

createRenderer in interface RendererFactory

Parameters:

mimeType - The MIME type of the destination format

Returns:

A suitable renderer, or null if one cannot be found

addRenderer

public void addRenderer(String mimeType,
                        Class rendererClass)

Add a mapping from the specified MIME type to a renderer. Note: The renderer must have a no-argument constructor.

Parameters:

mimeType - The MIME type of the Renderer

rendererClass - The Class object for the Renderer.

removeRenderer

public void removeRenderer(String mimeType)

Remove the mapping from a specified MIME type.

Parameters:

mimeType - The MIME type to remove from the mapping.