Using TypeLoaders in Fuse to load Objects

The default loader supports String content.

If you want to load objects from the content it is necessary to create a custom TypeLoader.

For example, if we have the following resource file:

testfuse2.resources

	TestFuse2.person=Jon,Doe

and a Person POJO defined as follows:

Person.java

	public class Person
	{
		private String firstName;
		private String lastName;
	
		public Person(String firstName,String lastName)
		{
			this.firstName = firstName;
			this.lastName = lastName;
		}
		
		public String toString()
		{
			return this.getClass().getName()+"[firstName="+firstName+", lastName="+lastName+"]";
		}
	}

Then we need to create our own typeloader to parse the Strign Jon,Doe to return a Person object.

Our TypeLoader looks like this:

PersonLoader.java

	import java.util.Map;
	import org.jdesktop.fuse.TypeLoader;

	public class PersonLoader extends TypeLoader<Person>
	{
		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
		public PersonLoader()
		{
			super(Person.class);
		}
		
		@Override
		public Person loadType(String name, String value, Class resolver, Map map)
		{
			String[] parts = value.split(",");
			
			return new Person(parts[0],parts[1]);
		}
	}

Now all we need to do, is modify our original code from my last post to register the new typeloader.

TestFuse2.java

	import org.jdesktop.fuse.InjectedResource;
	import org.jdesktop.fuse.ResourceInjector;
	import org.jdesktop.fuse.TypeLoaderFactory;

	public class TestFuse2
	{
		@InjectedResource
		private Person person;
		
		public String toString()
		{
			return person.toString();
		}
	
		public static void main(String[] args)
		{			
			ResourceInjector.get().load(TestFuse2.class.getResource("testfuse2.resources"));
			TypeLoaderFactory.addTypeLoader(new PersonLoader());
		
			TestFuse2 testFuse2 = new TestFuse2();
			ResourceInjector.get().inject(testFuse2);

			System.out.println(testFuse2);
		}
	}