001    /*
002     * Copyright 1999,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     * 
008     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    
017    package org.apache.commons.feedparser;
018    
019    /**
020     * Should be called prior to all use of a FeedParser.  We reserve the right to
021     * change the underlying implementation of the FeedParser in the future for
022     * performance reasons.
023     * 
024     * @author <a href="mailto:burton@apache.org">Kevin A. Burton (burtonator)</a>
025     * @version $Id: FeedParserFactory.java 155416 2005-02-26 13:00:10Z dirkv $
026     */
027    public class FeedParserFactory {
028    
029        public static FeedParser newFeedParser() throws FeedParserException {
030    
031            //NOTE: design.  This should be a factory method which maps interface
032            //name to classname implementation. 
033            
034            try { 
035                
036                return (FeedParser)new FeedParserImpl();
037                
038            } catch ( Throwable t ) { throw new FeedParserException( t ); }
039        }
040        
041    }
042