org.apache.anteater.test.meta
Class AbstractChecker

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

FeatureChecker

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExistenceChecker, JSSEChecker

public abstract class AbstractChecker

extends Object

implements FeatureChecker

Base class for Anteater FeatureChecker implementations. It provides access to a Properties containing Anteater's feature list.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2002/10/17 10:21:15 $

Author:

Jeff Turner

Field Summary

protected Properties

features

Constructor Summary

AbstractChecker()
Constructor.

Method Summary

abstract String	checkFeature(Feature f) Check whether this Anteater installation has a feature.
abstract String[]	getCheckedFeatures() Gets an array of names of features that the implementing FeatureChecker can process.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

features

protected Properties features

Constructor Detail

AbstractChecker

public AbstractChecker()

Constructor. Creates the features object.

Method Detail

getCheckedFeatures

public abstract String[] getCheckedFeatures()

Description copied from interface: FeatureChecker

Gets an array of names of features that the implementing FeatureChecker can process.

Specified by:

getCheckedFeatures in interface FeatureChecker

checkFeature

public abstract String checkFeature(Feature f)

Description copied from interface: FeatureChecker

Check whether this Anteater installation has a feature.

Specified by:

checkFeature in interface FeatureChecker

Parameters:

f - The feature we require.

Returns:

A String error message if the feature is missing, or null if the feature is present.