net.sourceforge.esw.properties
Class DefaultPropertyFactory

java.lang.Object
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  +--net.sourceforge.esw.properties.DefaultPropertyFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPropertyFactory

public class DefaultPropertyFactory

extends java.lang.Object

implements IPropertyFactory

Defines the methods for creation of IPropertySource and/or IPropertyAggregator instances.

This is the Abstract Factory of the Abstract Factory design pattern.

"Pluggable factories" allow the application to add its own custom implementations of the IPropertySource and/or IPropertyAggregator interfaces to the framework in a consitent, simple way. Custom implementations of the IPropertySource and/or IPropertyAggregator interfaces can thus be used as if they were a standard part of the framework.

Examples:

   MyCustomPropertyFactory customFactory = new MyCustomPropertyFactory();
   PropertyFactory.setPropertyFactory( customFactory );
 

Constructor Summary

DefaultPropertyFactory()

Method Summary

IPropertyAggregator	createPropertyAggregator() Returns a new IPropertyAggregator instance.
IPropertySource	createPropertySource(ITransducer aTransducer) Returns a new IPropertySource instance with the specified ITransducer instance.
IPropertySource	createPropertySource(ITransducer aTransducer, boolean bWriteable) Returns a new IPropertySource instance with the specified ITransducer instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultPropertyFactory

public DefaultPropertyFactory()

Method Detail

createPropertyAggregator

public IPropertyAggregator createPropertyAggregator()

Returns a new IPropertyAggregator instance.

Specified by:

createPropertyAggregator in interface IPropertyFactory

createPropertySource

public IPropertySource createPropertySource(ITransducer aTransducer)

Returns a new IPropertySource instance with the specified ITransducer instance.

Specified by:

createPropertySource in interface IPropertyFactory

Parameters:

aTransducer - the ITransducer instance for the created IPropertySource instance.

createPropertySource

public IPropertySource createPropertySource(ITransducer aTransducer,
                                            boolean bWriteable)

Returns a new IPropertySource instance with the specified ITransducer instance.

Specified by:

createPropertySource in interface IPropertyFactory

Parameters:

aTransducer - the ITransducer instance for the created IPropertySource instance.

aWriteable - if true, the IPropertySource instance will be created as being writable, otherwise, the IPropertySource instance will be read-only.