Application: gvSIG desktop

/* gvSIG. Geographic Information System of the Valencian Government

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2010 Infrastructures and Transports Department

 * of the Valencian Gobernment (CIT)

 * 

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 * 

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 * 

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, 

 * MA  02110-1301, USA.

 * 

 */

/*

 * AUTHORS (In addition to CIT):

 * 2010 Institute of New Imaging Technologies (INIT): 

 *   http://www.init.uji.es

 * Geographic Information research group: 

 *   http://www.geoinfo.uji.es

 * Universitat Jaume I UJI, Spain

 */

package org.gvsig.metadata.swing.basic.api;

import org.gvsig.tools.locator.BaseLocator;

import org.gvsig.tools.locator.Locator;

import org.gvsig.tools.locator.LocatorException;

/**

 * Locator for the Metadata Library main object instances.

 * 

 * Replaces the MetadataManager by its own services, by adding as many constants

 * and methods as needed, taking the MetadataManager as a guide.

 * 

 * @author gvSIG Team

 * @author <a href="mailto:reinhold@uji.es">cmartin</a>

 * @version $Id$

 * 

 */

public class MetadataSwingLocator extends BaseLocator {

        /**

         * Unique instance.

         */

        private static final MetadataSwingLocator instance = new MetadataSwingLocator();

        private static final String METADATA_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION = "Metadata API Library Manager";

        public static final String METADATA_MANAGER_NAME = "org.gvsig.metadata.swing.basic.api.manager";

        /**

         * Returns the Metadata singleton instance.

         * 

         * @return the Metadata singleton instance

         */

        public static MetadataSwingLocator getInstance() {

                return instance;

        }

        /**

         * Returns a reference to the MetadataManager.

         * 

         * @return a reference to MetadataManager

         * @throws LocatorException

         *             if there is no access to the class or the class cannot be

         *             instantiated

         * @see Locator#get(String)

         */

        public static MetadataSwingManager getMetadataSwingManager()

                        throws LocatorException {

                return (MetadataSwingManager) getInstance().get(METADATA_MANAGER_NAME);

        }

        public static void registerDefaultMetadataSwingManager(Class clazz) {

                getInstance().registerDefault(METADATA_MANAGER_NAME,

                                METADATA_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION, clazz);

        }

        /**

         * Registers the Class implementing the MetadataManager interface.

         * 

         * @param clazz

         *            implementing the MetadataManager interface

         */

        public static void registerMetadataSwingManager(Class clazz) {

                getInstance().register(METADATA_MANAGER_NAME,

                                METADATA_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION, clazz);

        }

}