//
// TypeExtensionNode.cs
//
// Author:
//   Lluis Sanchez Gual
//
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using System;
using System.Xml;

namespace Mono.Addins
{
	[ExtensionNode ("Type", Description="Specifies a class that will be used to create an extension object. The name of the class can be provided in the 'class' attribute. If 'class' is not provided, the name will be taken from the 'id' attribute")]
	[NodeAttribute ("class", typeof(Type), false, Description="Name of the class")]
	public class TypeExtensionNode: InstanceExtensionNode
	{
		string typeName;
		
		internal protected override void Read (NodeElement elem)
		{
			base.Read (elem);
			typeName = elem.GetAttribute ("type");
			if (typeName.Length == 0)
				typeName = elem.GetAttribute ("class");
			if (typeName.Length == 0)
				typeName = elem.GetAttribute ("id");
		}
		
		public override object CreateInstance ()
		{
			if (typeName.Length == 0)
				throw new InvalidOperationException ("Type name not specified.");

			Type t = Addin.GetType (typeName, true);
			return Activator.CreateInstance (t);
		}
	}
}
