Module com.marginallyclever.ro3

Package com.marginallyclever.ro3.apps

Class AppFactory

java.lang.Object

com.marginallyclever.ro3.apps.AppFactory

public class AppFactory
extends Object

AppFactory uses Reflection to find and register all Apps in a given package. Then DockingPanel can call on the factory to create instances of those Apps as needed.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AppFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static App	create(String name)
static int	getRegisteredAppsCount()
static void	listApps(PrintStream out)	List all registered Apps to the given PrintStream.
static void	main(String[] args)
static void	registerApps(String sourcePath)	Use Reflection to find and register all Apps in the given package.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AppFactory

public AppFactory()

Method Details

registerApps

public static void registerApps(String sourcePath)

Use Reflection to find and register all Apps in the given package. ScanResult#getSubclasses finds all classes that extend App. ScanResult#getClassesImplementing finds all classes that implement an interface, which is what ChatGPT suggested, but App is not an interface, so it finds none.

Parameters:

sourcePath - the package to scan for Apps

listApps

public static void listApps(PrintStream out)

List all registered Apps to the given PrintStream.

Parameters:

out - the PrintStream to write to

main

public static void main(String[] args)

getRegisteredAppsCount

public static int getRegisteredAppsCount()

create

public static App create(String name)