Facemorph.DataBase
Class ObjectFactory

java.lang.Object
  Facemorph.DataBase.ObjectFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileObjectFactory, IniObjectFactory

public class ObjectFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Nested Class Summary

static class	ObjectFactory.DefaultFactoryMeme
static class	ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme All Classes included in the factory system must have an assosiated FactoryMeme class This allows the Factory Object Class to be queried to suitability for particular data.
protected static class	ObjectFactory.NoHandlerFoundException
protected static class	ObjectFactory.ObjectFactoryException

Constructor Summary

ObjectFactory()

Method Summary

static boolean	addObjectType(ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme newType) Adds a new type to the factory system
static java.util.Vector<ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme>	findClassesThatExtend(java.lang.Class c) Return all instanced classes that extend the given class
static java.lang.Class	findFirstClassThatHandles(java.lang.String typeInfo, boolean fully) Returns the first class in the list (order undefined) that can handle the given type info
static ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme	findFirstFactoryMemeThatHandles(java.lang.String typeInfo, boolean fully) Returns the first factory meme in the list (order undefined) that can handle the given type info
static java.util.Vector<ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme>	findHandlers(java.lang.String typeInfo, boolean fully) Returns a list of all factory memes in the list (order undefined) that can handle the given type info
static boolean	hasObjectType(ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme type)
static java.lang.Object	instantiate(java.lang.String typeInfo)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectFactory

public ObjectFactory()

Method Detail

addObjectType

public static boolean addObjectType(ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme newType)

Adds a new type to the factory system

Parameters:

newType - the FactoryMeme associated with the new type

Returns:

true if successfully add (or was already in system).

hasObjectType

public static boolean hasObjectType(ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme type)

instantiate

public static java.lang.Object instantiate(java.lang.String typeInfo)
                                    throws java.lang.InstantiationException,
                                           java.lang.IllegalAccessException

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

findFirstFactoryMemeThatHandles

public static ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme findFirstFactoryMemeThatHandles(java.lang.String typeInfo,
                                                                        boolean fully)

Returns the first factory meme in the list (order undefined) that can handle the given type info

Parameters:

typeInfo - a string of type data

fully - true if the class must be able to fully instantiate the data, false if a super-class will suffice

Returns:

the factory meme of the handling class (if found) null otherwise.

findHandlers

public static java.util.Vector<ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme> findHandlers(java.lang.String typeInfo,
                                                                       boolean fully)

Returns a list of all factory memes in the list (order undefined) that can handle the given type info

Parameters:

typeInfo - a string of type data

fully - true if the class must be able to fully instantiate the data, false if a super-class will suffice

Returns:

the factory memes of the handling classes (if found) empty otherwise.

findFirstClassThatHandles

public static java.lang.Class findFirstClassThatHandles(java.lang.String typeInfo,
                                                        boolean fully)

Returns the first class in the list (order undefined) that can handle the given type info

Parameters:

typeInfo - a string of type data

fully - true if the class must be able to fully instantiate the data, false if a super-class will suffice

Returns:

the class of the handling class (if found) null otherwise.

findClassesThatExtend

public static java.util.Vector<ObjectFactory.FactoryMeme> findClassesThatExtend(java.lang.Class c)

Return all instanced classes that extend the given class

Parameters:

c - class to find instances and subclasses of

Returns:

list of classes found