/* $Id: LoaderFromClass.java,v 1.5 2004/05/10 06:34:01 skitching Exp $
 *
 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package org.apache.commons.digester.plugins.strategies;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.apache.commons.digester.Digester;
import org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.digester.plugins.RuleLoader;
import org.apache.commons.digester.plugins.PluginException;

/**
 * A RuleLoader which invokes a static method on a target class, leaving that
 * method to actually instantiate and add new rules to a Digester instance.
 *
 * @since 1.6
 */

public class LoaderFromClass extends RuleLoader {
    
    private Class rulesClass;
    private Method rulesMethod;
    
    /** Constructor. */
    public LoaderFromClass(Class rulesClass, Method rulesMethod) {
        this.rulesClass = rulesClass;
        this.rulesMethod = rulesMethod;
    }
    
    /** Constructor. */
    public LoaderFromClass(Class rulesClass, String methodName)
                throws PluginException {

        Method method = locateMethod(rulesClass, methodName);

        if (method == null) {
            throw new PluginException(
                "rule class " + rulesClass.getName()
                + " does not have method " + methodName
                + " or that method has an invalid signature.");
        }
        
        this.rulesClass = rulesClass;
        this.rulesMethod = method;        
    }
    
    /**
     * Just invoke the target method.
     */
    public void addRules(Digester d, String path) throws PluginException {
        Log log = d.getLogger();
        boolean debug = log.isDebugEnabled();
        if (debug) {
            log.debug(
                "LoaderFromClass loading rules for plugin at path [" 
                + path + "]");
        }

        try {
            Object[] params = {d, path};
            Object none = rulesMethod.invoke(null, params);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new PluginException(
                "Unable to invoke rules method " + rulesMethod
                + " on rules class " + rulesClass, e);
        } 
    }
    
    /**
     * Find a method on the specified class whose name matches methodName,
     * and whose signature is:
     * <code> public static void foo(Digester d, String patternPrefix);</code>.
     *
     * @return null if no such method exists.
     */
    public static Method locateMethod(Class rulesClass, String methodName) 
                            throws PluginException {

        Class[] paramSpec = { Digester.class, String.class };
        Method rulesMethod = MethodUtils.getAccessibleMethod(
            rulesClass, methodName, paramSpec);
            
        return rulesMethod;
    }
}