org.apache.commons.digester

Interface ObjectCreationFactory

Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractObjectCreationFactory, DigesterRuleParser.BeanPropertySetterRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.CallMethodRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.CallParamRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.FactoryCreateRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.ObjectCreateRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.ObjectParamRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetNextRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetPropertiesRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetPropertyRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetRootRuleFactory, DigesterRuleParser.SetTopRuleFactory

public interface ObjectCreationFactory

Interface for use with FactoryCreateRule. The rule calls createObject(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

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 Details

createObject

public 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


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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