org.jfree.xml.util

Interface ObjectFactory

Known Implementing Classes:
ObjectFactoryLoader, SimpleObjectFactory

public interface ObjectFactory

An object factory.

Method Summary

GenericObjectFactory
getFactoryForClass(Class c)
Returns the generic factory for the given class or null, if there is no handler for this class.
ManualMappingDefinition
getManualMappingDefinition(Class c)
Returns the manual mapping definition for the given class, or null, if not manual definition exists.
MultiplexMappingDefinition
getMultiplexDefinition(Class c)
Returns the multiplex definition for the given class, or null, if no such definition exists.
boolean
isGenericHandler(Class c)
Checks, whether a generic handler exists for the given class.

Method Details

getFactoryForClass

public GenericObjectFactory getFactoryForClass(Class c)
Returns the generic factory for the given class or null, if there is no handler for this class. The factory will be reinitialized using getInstance().
Parameters:
c - the class for which we need a producer
Returns:
the factory for this class

getManualMappingDefinition

public ManualMappingDefinition getManualMappingDefinition(Class c)
Returns the manual mapping definition for the given class, or null, if not manual definition exists.
Parameters:
c - the class for which to check the existence of the definition
Returns:
the manual mapping definition or null.

getMultiplexDefinition

public MultiplexMappingDefinition getMultiplexDefinition(Class c)
Returns the multiplex definition for the given class, or null, if no such definition exists.
Parameters:
c - the class for which to check the existence of the multiplexer
Returns:
the multiplexer for the class, or null if no multiplexer exists.

isGenericHandler

public boolean isGenericHandler(Class c)
Checks, whether a generic handler exists for the given class. This does not check, whether an mapping exists.
Parameters:
c - the class for which to check
Returns:
true, if an generic handler is defined, false otherwise.