org.carrot2.core.controller
Interface ComponentFactoryLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanShellFactoryDescriptionLoader, XmlFactoryDescriptionLoader

public interface ComponentFactoryLoader

The component loader is responsible for interpreting a stream of bytes and turning it into an instance of LoadedComponentFactory.

Version:

$Revision: 2122 $

Author:

Dawid Weiss

Method Summary

LoadedComponentFactory

load(InputStream dataStream) Loads a component factory and associated data from a data stream.

Method Detail

load

LoadedComponentFactory load(InputStream dataStream)
                            throws IOException,
                                   ComponentInitializationException

Loads a component factory and associated data from a data stream.

Parameters:

dataStream - The data stream to load from.

Returns:

Returns the factory and its associated data as LoadedComponentFactory object.

Throws:

IOException - If an i/o error occurs.

ComponentInitializationException