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org.netbeans.api.mdr
Class MDRManager

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.api.mdr.MDRManager

public abstract class MDRManager
extends Object

Entry point to the metadata repositories. Use getDefault() method to obtain the default instance.

Constructor Summary

MDRManager()


Method Summary

static MDRManager getDefault()
          Returns the default instance of MDRManager.

abstract MDRepository getDefaultRepository()
          Returns the default metadata repository.

abstract MDRepository getRepository(String name)
          Returns metadata repository of a given name.

abstract String[] getRepositoryNames()
          Returns list of names of all available metadata repositories.

void shutdownAll()
          Should be called at the end of the MDR session.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MDRManager

public MDRManager()

Method Detail

getDefaultRepository

public abstract MDRepository getDefaultRepository()

Returns the default metadata repository.

Returns:: default metadata repository or null if there is no default metadata repository.

getRepository

public abstract MDRepository getRepository(String name)

Returns metadata repository of a given name.

Parameters:: name - name of metadata repository
Returns:: metadata repository of a given name or null if the repository of the given name does not exist.

getRepositoryNames

public abstract String[] getRepositoryNames()

Returns list of names of all available metadata repositories.

Returns:: list of names of all available metadata repositories

shutdownAll

public void shutdownAll()

Should be called at the end of the MDR session. Does all the needed clean-up by calling MDRepository.shutdown() method on each of the repositories.

getDefault

public static MDRManager getDefault()

Returns the default instance of MDRManager.

Returns:: Default MDR manager.