de.intarsys.pdf.app.annotation
Interface IAnnotationOutlet

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardAnnotationOutlet

public interface IAnnotationOutlet

A registry for IAnnotationFactory objects.

The registry is used to look up the IAnnotationFactory via type names.

Method Summary

IAnnotationFactory[]	getAnnotationFactories() The list of all available IAnnotationFactory objects.
IAnnotationFactory	lookupAnnotationFactory(COSName type) The IAnnotationFactory for the requested annotation type or null.
void	registerAnnotationFactory(IAnnotationFactory factory) Register a new IAnnotationFactory object.
void	unregisterAnnotationFactory(IAnnotationFactory factory) Unregister a IAnnotationFactory object.

Method Detail

getAnnotationFactories

IAnnotationFactory[] getAnnotationFactories()

The list of all available IAnnotationFactory objects. This is not the internal data structure, so you can not manipulate directly.

Returns:

The list of all available IAnnotationFactory instances.

lookupAnnotationFactory

IAnnotationFactory lookupAnnotationFactory(COSName type)

The IAnnotationFactory for the requested annotation type or null.

Parameters:

type - An annotation type.

Returns:

The IAnnotationFactory for the requested annotation type or null.

registerAnnotationFactory

void registerAnnotationFactory(IAnnotationFactory factory)

Register a new IAnnotationFactory object.

Parameters:

factory - The factory object to be registered.

unregisterAnnotationFactory

void unregisterAnnotationFactory(IAnnotationFactory factory)

Unregister a IAnnotationFactory object.

Parameters:

factory - The factory object to be deregistered.