org.apache.commons.digester
Interface ObjectCreationFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractObjectCreationFactory

public interface ObjectCreationFactory

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
 java.lang.Object 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

public java.lang.Object 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
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - any exception thrown will be propagated upwards

getDigester

public Digester getDigester()

Returns the Digester that was set by the FactoryCreateRule upon initialization.


setDigester

public 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


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