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diff --git a/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/util/registry/package.html b/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/util/registry/package.html deleted file mode 100644 index c7e9b2635bb2..000000000000 --- a/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/util/registry/package.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> -<!-- - - DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. - - Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. - - OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite - - This file is part of OpenOffice.org. - - OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify - it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 - only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. - - OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details - (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). - - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License - version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see - <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> - for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. - ---> -<html> -<head> -<title>org.openoffice.xmerge.util.registry package</title> -</head> - -<body bgcolor="white"> - -<p>Provides an interface for plug-in registration. Each plug-in must -have a corresponding Plugin Configuration XML File which is named -converter.xml. If the plug-in is stored in a jarfile, this -converter.xml file is typically stored in the following location in -the jarfile:</p> - -<blockquote> - META-INF/converter.xml -</blockquote> - -<p>The Plugin Configuration XML File must validate against the -converter.dtd file provided with this package. Since a jarfile -can contain multiple plug-ins, this DTD supports specifying multiple -plug-ins per jarfile. Please refer to the SDK document for more -information about how to implement a Plugin Configuration XML File -for a specific plugin.</p> - -<p>All information in the Plugin Configuratino XML File is bundled -into one or more <code>ConverterInfo</code> object. The -<code>ConverterInfoReader</code> object is used to build a -<code>Vector</code> of <code>ConverterInfo</code> objects from a -jarfile.</p> - -<p>The <code>ConverterInfoMgr</code> manages the registry of -<code>ConverterInfo</code>. It is a singleton class, so that only one -registry manager will ever exist. It is the client program's -responsibility to register <code>ConverterInfo</code> objects that -correspond to the plug-ins that are to be used.</p> - -<h2>TODO/IDEAS list</h2> - -<p><ol> -<li>The <code>ConverterInfo</code> object could contain - <code>org.w3c.dom.Document</code> fragments that are accessed in a - generic fashion rather than get/set methods for each item in the DTD. - This would provide a more flexible approach, especially for adding - custom tags to a specific Plugin Configuration XML file (tags that - are only used by its associated plug-in). -<li><code>ConverterInfo</code> should allow the merge/serialize/deserialize - logic to be included in separate plug-ins, if desired.</li> -<li><code>ConverterInfoMgr</code> could use the Java Activation - Framework (JAF) to manage registration.</li> -</ol></p> - -</body> -</html> |