org.andromda.core.engine
Class Engine

java.lang.Object
  org.andromda.core.engine.Engine

public class Engine
extends java.lang.Object

The engine of AndroMDA. Handles the configuration of AndroMDA and loading/processing of models by plugins. Basically a wrapper around the ModelProcessor that takes a configuration file in order to configure AndroMDA.

Author:

Chad Brandon

See Also:

ModelProcessor

Method Summary

void	initialize(Configuration configuration) Initializes Engine (discovers all plugins, etc) with the given configuration.
ModelValidationMessage[]	loadModelsIfNecessary(Configuration configuration) Checks to see if any of the models in the given configuration should be loaded (based on whether or not they've been modified), and if so, performs the load.
static Engine	newInstance() Create a new Engine instance.
ModelValidationMessage[]	run(Configuration configuration) Runs Engine with the given configuration.
void	shutdown() Shuts down this instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newInstance

public static Engine newInstance()

Create a new Engine instance.

Returns:

the new instance of Engine.

initialize

public void initialize(Configuration configuration)

Initializes Engine (discovers all plugins, etc) with the given configuration. This configuration is overridden (if changed) when calling run(Configuration).

loadModelsIfNecessary

public ModelValidationMessage[] loadModelsIfNecessary(Configuration configuration)

Checks to see if any of the models in the given configuration should be loaded (based on whether or not they've been modified), and if so, performs the load. This way the models are loaded for the next run of the model processor.

Parameters:

configuration - the AndroMDA configuration the contains the repositories containing the models to load.

run

public ModelValidationMessage[] run(Configuration configuration)

Runs Engine with the given configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - the String that contains the configuration contents for configuring Engine.

Returns:

the new instance of Engine.

shutdown

public void shutdown()

Shuts down this instance.