Type driver (extension point)

Identifier

ru.biosoft.access.typeDriver

Plugin

ru.biosoft.access

Since

0.8.7

Registry

DataElementTypeRegistry

Description

Each data element in BioUML generic collections is saved as DataElementInfo object. This object contains information about object type and access information. Type drivers is used by GenericDataCollection to work with its elements via DataElementInfo objects.

Configuration Markup

<!ELEMENT typeDriver>
<!ATTLIST typeDriver
   class      CDATA #REQUIRED
>

class

the fully-qualified name of type driver class (must implement DataElementTypeDriver).

Example

Type driver for file-based data elements.

<extension id="file data element type driver" point="ru.biosoft.access.typeDriver"> 
  <typeDriver 
     class="ru.biosoft.access.generic.DataElementFileTypeDriver"
  /> 
</extension>