net.sourceforge.esw.properties.factory
Interface IPropertyFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPropertyFactory

public interface 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 );
 

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.

Method Detail

createPropertyAggregator

public IPropertyAggregator createPropertyAggregator()

Returns a new IPropertyAggregator instance.

createPropertySource

public IPropertySource createPropertySource(ITransducer aTransducer)

Returns a new IPropertySource instance with the specified ITransducer instance.

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.

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.