org.jomc.modlet

Class ModelContextFactory

java.lang.Object

org.jomc.modlet.ModelContextFactory

public abstract class ModelContextFactory
extends Object

Interface to creating model contexts.

Since:

1.2

Version:

$JOMC: ModelContextFactory.java 5043 2015-05-27 07:03:39Z schulte $

Author:

Christian Schulte

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	ModelContextFactory() Creates a new ModelContextFactory instance.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ModelContextFactory	newInstance() Creates a new ModelContextFactory instance.
static ModelContextFactory	newInstance(String factoryClassName) Creates a new ModelContextFactory instance.
abstract ModelContext	newModelContext() Creates a new ModelContext instance.
abstract ModelContext	newModelContext(ClassLoader classLoader) Creates a new ModelContext instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ModelContextFactory

protected ModelContextFactory()

Creates a new ModelContextFactory instance.

Method Detail

newInstance

public static ModelContextFactory newInstance()
                                       throws ModelContextFactoryError

Creates a new ModelContextFactory instance.

The name of the class providing the ModelContextFactory implementation loaded by this method is controlled by system property org.jomc.modlet.ModelContextFactory. If that property is not set, this methods returns a new default instance.

Returns:

A new ModelContextFactory instance.

Throws:

ModelContextFactoryError - if creating a new instance fails.

newInstance

public static ModelContextFactory newInstance(String factoryClassName)
                                       throws ModelContextFactoryError

Creates a new ModelContextFactory instance.

Parameters:

factoryClassName - The name of the ModelContextFactory class to create an instance of.

Returns:

A new ModelContextFactory instance.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if factoryClassName is null.

ModelContextFactoryError - if creating a new instance fails.

newModelContext

public abstract ModelContext newModelContext()

Creates a new ModelContext instance.

Returns:

A new ModelContext instance.

newModelContext

public abstract ModelContext newModelContext(ClassLoader classLoader)

Creates a new ModelContext instance.

Parameters:

classLoader - The class loader to create a new instance with or null, to create a new instance using the bootstrap class loader.

Returns:

A new ModelContext instance for classLoader.