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| package org.apache.commons.digester; |
| |
| |
| import java.lang.ClassLoader; |
| |
| import org.xml.sax.Attributes; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p> Interface for use with {@link FactoryCreateRule}. |
| * The rule calls {@link #createObject} to create an object |
| * to be pushed onto the <code>Digester</code> stack |
| * whenever it is matched.</p> |
| * |
| * <p> {@link AbstractObjectCreationFactory} is an abstract |
| * implementation suitable for creating anonymous |
| * <code>ObjectCreationFactory</code> implementations. |
| * |
| * @author Robert Burrell Donkin |
| * @version $Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2002/03/12 19:10:20 $ |
| */ |
| public interface ObjectCreationFactory { |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>Factory method called by {@link FactoryCreateRule} to supply an |
| * object based on the element's attributes. |
| * |
| * @param attributes the element's attributes |
| * |
| * @throws Exception any exception thrown will be propagated upwards |
| */ |
| public Object createObject(Attributes attributes) throws Exception; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>Returns the {@link Digester} that was set by the |
| * {@link FactoryCreateRule} upon initialization. |
| */ |
| public Digester getDigester(); |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>Set the {@link Digester} to allow the implementation to do logging, |
| * classloading based on the digester's classloader, etc. |
| * |
| * @param digester parent Digester object |
| */ |
| public void setDigester(Digester digester); |
| |
| } |