trunk/bval-core/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/MetaBeanManagerFactory.java

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package org.apache.bval;

/**
 * Description: API class to hold a singleton of a {@link MetaBeanManager}
 * that implements the finder and registry interfaces for MetaBeans<br/>
 *
 * @see org.apache.bval.model.MetaBean
 * @see MetaBeanManager
 */
public class MetaBeanManagerFactory {
    private static MetaBeanManager manager = new MetaBeanManager();

    /**
     * global meta bean finder.
     * @return the singleton
     */
    public static MetaBeanFinder getFinder() {
        return manager;
    }


    /**
     * set global meta bean manager, that is responsible
     * for finding, caching, xml registry and enrichment algorithm.
     * @param finder
     */
    public static void setManager(MetaBeanManager finder) {
        manager = finder;
    }
}