RELEASE_2_1_13/src/blocks/woody/java/org/apache/cocoon/woody/event/impl/JavaClassWidgetListenerBuilder.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.woody.event.impl;

import org.apache.cocoon.util.ClassUtils;
import org.apache.cocoon.woody.event.WidgetListener;
import org.apache.cocoon.woody.event.WidgetListenerBuilder;
import org.apache.cocoon.woody.util.DomHelper;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * A {@link WidgetListenerBuilder} that creates java classes.
 * <p>
 * The syntax for this listener is as follows :<br/>
 * <pre>
 *   &lt;java class="com.my.SuperListener"/&gt;
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author <a href="http://www.apache.org/~sylvain/">Sylvain Wallez</a>
 * @version CVS $Id$
 */
public class JavaClassWidgetListenerBuilder implements WidgetListenerBuilder {

    public static final JavaClassWidgetListenerBuilder INSTANCE = new JavaClassWidgetListenerBuilder();

    public WidgetListener buildListener(Element element, Class listenerClass) throws Exception {

        String name = DomHelper.getAttribute(element, "class");

        Object listener = ClassUtils.newInstance(name);
        if (listenerClass.isAssignableFrom(listener.getClass())) {
            // FIXME : apply filecyclehelper
            return (WidgetListener)listener;
        } else {
            throw new Exception("Class " + listener.getClass() + " is not a " + listenerClass);
        }
    }
}