ObjectCreationFactory

Type Parameters:

T - The object type created byt the factory.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractObjectCreationFactory, FactoryCreate.DefaultObjectCreationFactory
```
public interface ObjectCreationFactory<T>
```
Interface for use with FactoryCreateRule. The rule calls createObject(org.xml.sax.Attributes) to create an object to be pushed onto the Digester stack whenever it is matched.

AbstractObjectCreationFactory is an abstract implementation suitable for creating anonymous ObjectCreationFactory implementations.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`createObject(org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes)`	Factory method called by `FactoryCreateRule` to supply an object based on the element's attributes.
`Digester`	`getDigester()`	Returns the `Digester` that was set by the `FactoryCreateRule` upon initialization.
`void`	`setDigester(Digester digester)`	Set the `Digester` to allow the implementation to do logging, classloading based on the digester's classloader, etc.

- Method Detail
  - createObject
```
T createObject(org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes)
        throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Factory method called by FactoryCreateRule to supply an object based on the element's attributes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the element's attributes
    
    Returns:
    
    the object to be pushed onto the Digester stack
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - any exception thrown will be propagated upwards
  - getDigester
```
Digester getDigester()
```
    Returns the Digester that was set by the FactoryCreateRule upon initialization.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Digester that was set by the FactoryCreateRule upon initialization
  - setDigester
```
void setDigester(Digester digester)
```
    Set the Digester to allow the implementation to do logging, classloading based on the digester's classloader, etc.
    
    Parameters:
    
    digester - parent Digester object