hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/WritableFactories.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.io;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

/** Factories for non-public writables.  Defining a factory permits {@link
 * ObjectWritable} to be able to construct instances of non-public classes. */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public class WritableFactories {
  private static final Map<Class, WritableFactory> CLASS_TO_FACTORY =
    new ConcurrentHashMap<Class, WritableFactory>();

  private WritableFactories() {}                  // singleton

  /** Define a factory for a class. */
  public static void setFactory(Class c, WritableFactory factory) {
    CLASS_TO_FACTORY.put(c, factory);
  }

  /** Define a factory for a class. */
  public static WritableFactory getFactory(Class c) {
    return CLASS_TO_FACTORY.get(c);
  }

  /** Create a new instance of a class with a defined factory. */
  public static Writable newInstance(Class<? extends Writable> c, Configuration conf) {
    WritableFactory factory = WritableFactories.getFactory(c);
    if (factory != null) {
      Writable result = factory.newInstance();
      if (result instanceof Configurable) {
        ((Configurable) result).setConf(conf);
      }
      return result;
    } else {
      return ReflectionUtils.newInstance(c, conf);
    }
  }
  
  /** Create a new instance of a class with a defined factory. */
  public static Writable newInstance(Class<? extends Writable> c) {
    return newInstance(c, null);
  }

}