ObjectCreationFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:: AbstractObjectCreationFactory, DigesterRuleParser.CallMethodRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.CallParamRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.FactoryCreateRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.NodeCreateRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.ObjectCreateRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.ObjectParamRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetNestedPropertiesRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetNextRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetPropertiesRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetPropertyRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetRootRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetTopRuleFactory

public interface ObjectCreationFactory

Interface for use with FactoryCreateRule. The rule calls createObject(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

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

Object

createObject(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 Details
- createObject
  
  Object createObject(Attributes attributes) throws Exception
  
  Factory method called by FactoryCreateRule to supply an object based on the element's attributes.
  
  Parameters:
  
  attributes - the element's attributes
  
  Throws:
  
  Exception - any exception thrown will be propagated upwards
- getDigester
  
  Digester getDigester()
  
  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