org.apache.aries.application
Interface ApplicationMetadataFactory

public interface ApplicationMetadataFactory

Provides various means of generating ApplicationMetadata instances.

Method Summary

ApplicationMetadata	createApplicationMetadata(Manifest man) Create the application metadata from the provided Manifest.
ApplicationMetadata	parseApplicationMetadata(InputStream in) Parse from the input stream the application manifest.

Method Detail

parseApplicationMetadata

ApplicationMetadata parseApplicationMetadata(InputStream in)
                                             throws IOException

Parse from the input stream the application manifest. This method is more lenient than the normal manifest parsing routine and does not limit the manifest to 76 bytes as a line length.

Parameters:

in - the inputstream of the manifest to parse.

Returns:

the parsed application metadata.

Throws:

IOException

createApplicationMetadata

ApplicationMetadata createApplicationMetadata(Manifest man)

Create the application metadata from the provided Manifest. This is provided so application metadata can be created from within the JVM. When reading from a stream the parseApplication method should be used.

Parameters:

man - the manifest to read from

Returns:

the parsed application metadata.