Method registerIREngine

src/main/java/gate/Gate.java:609–619

Registers a new IR engine. The class named should implement gate.creole.ir.IREngine and be accessible via the GATE class loader. @param className the fully qualified name of the class to be registered @throws GateException if the class does not implement the {@l

(String className)

   *           if the named class cannot be found.
   */
  public static void registerIREngine(String className) throws GateException,
    ClassNotFoundException {
    Class<?> aClass = Class.forName(className, true, Gate.getClassLoader());
    if(gate.creole.ir.IREngine.class.isAssignableFrom(aClass)) {
      registeredIREngines.add(className);
    }
    else {
      throw new GateException(className + " does not implement the "
        + gate.creole.ir.IREngine.class.getName() + " interface!");
    }
  }

  /**
   * Unregisters a previously registered IR engine.