org.apache.tomcat.util.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

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	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

Object 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

Throws:

Exception - any exception thrown will be propagated upwards

getDigester

Digester getDigester()

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