Package org.alfresco.tools

Class Tool

java.lang.Object

org.alfresco.tools.Tool

Direct Known Subclasses:

Export, Import, RenameUser, Repository

public abstract class Tool
extends Object

Abstract Tool Implementation

Author:

David Caruana

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Tool()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	displayHelp()	Display Tool Help
protected abstract int	execute()	Perform Tool Behaviour
protected void	exit(int status)	Exit Tool
protected org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext	getApplicationContext()	Get the Application Context
protected ServiceRegistry	getServiceRegistry()	Get the Repository Service Registry
protected abstract String	getToolName()	Get the tool name
protected int	handleError(Throwable e)	Handle Error Message
protected void	logError(String msg)	Log Error message
protected void	logInfo(String msg)	Log message
protected void	logVerbose(String msg)	Log Verbose message
protected org.alfresco.tools.ToolContext	processArgs(String[] args)	Process Tool Arguments
void	start(String[] args)	Tool entry point

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Tool

public Tool()

Method Detail

processArgs

protected org.alfresco.tools.ToolContext processArgs(String[] args)
                                              throws org.alfresco.tools.ToolArgumentException

Process Tool Arguments

Parameters:

args - the arguments

Returns:

the tool context

Throws:

ToolException

org.alfresco.tools.ToolArgumentException

displayHelp

protected void displayHelp()

Display Tool Help

execute

protected abstract int execute()
                        throws ToolException

Perform Tool Behaviour

Throws:

ToolException

getToolName

protected abstract String getToolName()

Get the tool name

Returns:

the tool name

logInfo

protected void logInfo(String msg)

Log message

Parameters:

msg - message to log

logVerbose

protected void logVerbose(String msg)

Log Verbose message

Parameters:

msg - message to log

logError

protected void logError(String msg)

Log Error message

Parameters:

msg - message to log

handleError

protected int handleError(Throwable e)

Handle Error Message

Parameters:

e - exception

exit

protected void exit(int status)

Exit Tool

Parameters:

status - status code

getApplicationContext

protected final org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext getApplicationContext()

Get the Application Context

Returns:

the application context

getServiceRegistry

protected final ServiceRegistry getServiceRegistry()

Get the Repository Service Registry

Returns:

the service registry

start

public final void start(String[] args)

Tool entry point

Parameters:

args - the tool arguments