org.apache.commons.digester3
Interface ObjectCreationFactory<T>

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
 T 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 Detail

createObject

T 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
Returns:
the object to be pushed onto the Digester stack
Throws:
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


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