Package games.stendhal.server.core.config.factory

Class ConfigurableFactoryHelper

java.lang.Object

games.stendhal.server.core.config.factory.ConfigurableFactoryHelper

public class ConfigurableFactoryHelper
extends Object

A utility class for creating objects using ConfigurableFactory.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
protected static class	ConfigurableFactoryHelper.ACFactory	A wrapper factory for a ConfigurableFactoryContext parameter constructor.
protected static class	ConfigurableFactoryHelper.DCFactory	A wrapper factory that uses the default constructor of a class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConfigurableFactoryHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	create(ConfigurableFactory factory, ConfigurableFactoryContext ctx, Class<?> clazz)	A class type safe wrapper for a ConfigurableFactory that takes a desired target class and returns null if the factory returns an incompatible object.
static ConfigurableFactory	getFactory(String className)	Create an object factory using a [logical] class name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ConfigurableFactoryHelper

public ConfigurableFactoryHelper()

Method Details

create

public static Object create(ConfigurableFactory factory,
 ConfigurableFactoryContext ctx,
 Class<?> clazz)

A class type safe wrapper for a ConfigurableFactory that takes a desired target class and returns null if the factory returns an incompatible object. This allows the called to cast the return values without worrying about ClassCastExceptions.

Parameters:

factory - Object factory.

ctx - Configuration context.

clazz - The target class.

Returns:

A new object, or null if allowed by the factory type, or of the wrong class.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If there is a problem with the attributes. The exception message should be a value suitable for meaningful user interpretation.

getFactory

public static ConfigurableFactory getFactory(String className)

Create an object factory using a [logical] class name.

This will attempt to create a factory for the class in the following order:

• If a class named <class-name>Factory exists and implements ConfigurableFactory, return an instance of it.
• If a class named <class-name> exists and implements ConfigurableFactory, return an instance of it.
• If a class named <class-name> exists and accepts a constructor with ConfigurableFactoryContext, return a factory that creates an instance with that constructor when used.
• If a class named <class-name> exists and has a default constructor, return a factory that creates an instance with that constructor when used.
• Returns null,

Parameters:

className - A base class name to load.

Returns:

A factory, or null if no valid class was found.