private ExternalizableMap loadMap(String extMapName, ClassLoader loader)
throws FileNotFoundException {
String first = null;
String next = extMapName;
List<String> urls = new ArrayList<String>();
ExternalizableMap res = null;
while (next != null) {
// convert the plugin class name to an xml file name
String mapFile = next.replace('.', '/') + MAP_SUFFIX;
URL url = loader.getResource(mapFile);
if (url != null && urls.contains(url.toString())) {
throw new PluginException.InvalidDefinition("Plugin inheritance loop: " + next);
}
// load into map
ExternalizableMap oneMap = new ExternalizableMap();
oneMap.loadMapFromResource(mapFile, loader);
urls.add(url.toString());
// apply overrides one plugin at a time in inheritance chain
processOverrides(oneMap);
if (res == null) {
res = oneMap;
} else {
for (Map.Entry ent : oneMap.entrySet()) {
String key = (String) ent.getKey();
Object val = ent.getValue();
if (!res.containsKey(key)) {
res.setMapElement(key, val);
}
}
}
if (oneMap.containsKey(KEY_PLUGIN_PARENT)) {
next = oneMap.getString(KEY_PLUGIN_PARENT);
} else {
next = null;
}
}
loadedFromUrls = urls;
return res;
}
