org.geotools.renderer.style

Class DynamicSymbolFactoryFinder

Object

DynamicSymbolFactoryFinder

public final class DynamicSymbolFactoryFinder
extends Object

Searches for all available ExternalGraphicFactory and MarkFactory implementations.

In addition to implementing this interface dynamic symbol handlers should have a services file:

• META-INF/services/org.geotools.renderer.style.MarkFactory if the are MarkFactory instances
• META-INF/services/org.geotools.renderer.style.ExternalGraphicFactory if the are ExternalGraphicFactory instances

The file should contain a single line which gives the full name of the implementing class.

Example:
org.geotools.data.jdbc.DBCPDataSourceFactory

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static Logger	LOGGER The logger for the filter module.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Iterator<ExternalGraphicFactory>	getExternalGraphicFactories() Finds all implementations of ExternalGraphicFactory which have registered using the services mechanism.
static Iterator<ExternalGraphicFactory>	getExternalGraphicFactories(Hints hints) Finds all implementations of ExternalGraphicFactory which have registered using the services mechanism.
static Iterator<MarkFactory>	getMarkFactories() Finds all implementations of MarkFactory which have registered using the services mechanism.
static void	scanForPlugins() Scans for factory plug-ins on the application class path.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

LOGGER

protected static final Logger LOGGER

The logger for the filter module.

Method Detail

getMarkFactories

public static Iterator<MarkFactory> getMarkFactories()

Finds all implementations of MarkFactory which have registered using the services mechanism.

Returns:

An iterator over all discovered datastores which have registered factories, and whose available method returns true.

getExternalGraphicFactories

public static Iterator<ExternalGraphicFactory> getExternalGraphicFactories()

Finds all implementations of ExternalGraphicFactory which have registered using the services mechanism.

Returns:

An iterator over all registered ExternalGraphicFactory

getExternalGraphicFactories

public static Iterator<ExternalGraphicFactory> getExternalGraphicFactories(Hints hints)

Finds all implementations of ExternalGraphicFactory which have registered using the services mechanism.

Parameters:

hints - An optional map of hints for factory configfuration, or null if none.

Returns:

An iterator over all registered ExternalGraphicFactory

scanForPlugins

public static void scanForPlugins()

Scans for factory plug-ins on the application class path. This method is needed because the application class path can theoretically change, or additional plug-ins may become available. Rather than re-scanning the classpath on every invocation of the API, the class path is scanned automatically only on the first invocation. Clients can call this method to prompt a re-scan. Thus this method need only be invoked by sophisticated applications which dynamically make new plug-ins available at runtime.