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package org.eclipse.core.runtime;

import java.io.File;
import org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry;
import org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.RegistryProviderFactory;
import org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.spi.IRegistryProvider;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.spi.RegistryStrategy;

/**
 * Use this class to create or obtain an extension registry.
 * 
 * The following methods can be used without OSGi running:
 * 

 * {@link #createRegistry(RegistryStrategy, Object, Object)}
 * {@link #getRegistry()}
 * {@link #setDefaultRegistryProvider(IRegistryProvider)}
 * 

 * This class is not intended to be subclassed or instantiated.
 * 
 * @since org.eclipse.equinox.registry 3.2
 * @noinstantiate This class is not intended to be instantiated by clients.
 */
public final class RegistryFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates a new extension registry based on the given set of parameters.
	 * 
	 * The strategy is an optional collection of methods that supply additional registry
	 * functionality. Users may pass in null for the strategy if default
	 * behavior is sufficient.
	 * 

	 * The master token is stored by the registry and later used as an identifier of callers
	 * who are allowed full control over the registry functionality. Users may pass in
	 * null as a master token.
	 * 

	 * The user token is stored by the registry and later used as an identifier of callers
	 * who are allowed to control registry at the user level. For instance, users attempting to
	 * modify dynamic contributions to the registry have to use the user token. Users may pass
	 * in null as a user token.
	 * 
	 * @param strategy registry strategy or null
	 * @param masterToken the token used for master control of the registry or null
	 * @param userToken the token used for user control of the registry or null
	 * @return the new extension registry
	 */
	public static IExtensionRegistry createRegistry(RegistryStrategy strategy, Object masterToken, Object userToken) {
		return new ExtensionRegistry(strategy, masterToken, userToken);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the default extension registry specified by the registry provider.
	 * May return null if the provider has not been set or if the
	 * registry has not been created.
	 *
	 * @return existing extension registry or null
	 */
	public static IExtensionRegistry getRegistry() {
		IRegistryProvider defaultRegistryProvider = RegistryProviderFactory.getDefault();
		if (defaultRegistryProvider == null)
			return null;
		return defaultRegistryProvider.getRegistry();
	}

	/**
	 * Creates a registry strategy that can be used in an OSGi container. The strategy uses
	 * OSGi contributions and contributors for the registry processing and takes advantage of
	 * additional mechanisms available through the OSGi library.
	 * 
	 * The OSGi registry strategy sequentially checks the array of storage directories to
	 * discover the location of the registry cache formed by previous invocations of the extension
	 * registry. Once found, the location is used to store registry cache. If this value
	 * is null then caching of the registry content is disabled.
	 * 

	 * The cache read-only array is an array the same length as the storage directory array.
	 * It contains boolean values indicating whether or not each storage directory is read-only.
	 * If the value at an index is true then the location at the corresponding index
	 * in the storage directories array is read-only; if false then the cache location
	 * is read-write. The array can be null if the storageDirs parameter
	 * is null.
	 * 

	 * The master token should be passed to the OSGi registry strategy to permit it to perform
	 * contributions to the registry.
	 * 
	 * @param storageDirs array of file system directories or null
	 * @param cacheReadOnly array of read only attributes or null
	 * @param token control token for the registry
	 * @return registry strategy that can be used in an OSGi container
	 * @see #createRegistry(RegistryStrategy, Object, Object)
	 */
	public static RegistryStrategy createOSGiStrategy(File[] storageDirs, boolean[] cacheReadOnly, Object token) {
		return new RegistryStrategyOSGI(storageDirs, cacheReadOnly, token);
	}

	/**
	 * Use this method to specify the default registry provider. The default registry provider
	 * is immutable in the sense that it can be set only once during the application runtime.
	 * Attempts to change the default registry provider will cause an exception to be thrown.
	 * 
	 * The given registry provider must not be null.
	 * 
	 * @see RegistryFactory#getRegistry()
	 * @param provider extension registry provider
	 * @throws CoreException if a default registry provider was already set for this application
	 */
	public static void setDefaultRegistryProvider(IRegistryProvider provider) throws CoreException {
		RegistryProviderFactory.setDefault(provider);
	}
}