com.tensegrity.graph.controller
Class GraphControllerFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.graph.controller.GraphControllerFactory

public abstract class GraphControllerFactory

extends java.lang.Object

The abstract base Class for a GraphControllerFactory. The GraphControllerFactory is an abstraction that permits the implementation independant creation of GraphControllerFactory. instances.

Version:

$Id: GraphControllerFactory.java,v 1.6 2003/11/19 17:15:58 sr Exp $

Author:

S. Rutz

See Also:

GraphController

Constructor Summary

GraphControllerFactory()
Constructs a default instance of GraphControllerFactory

Method Summary

abstract GraphController	newClientServerGraphController(Graph graph) This method returns a new Client/Server- GraphController
static GraphControllerFactory	newInstance() This method creates a new instance of the actual GraphControllerFactory implementation.
abstract GraphController	newModelBasedGraphController(Graph graph) This method returns a new Model-Based- GraphController

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GraphControllerFactory

public GraphControllerFactory()

Constructs a default instance of GraphControllerFactory

Method Detail

newClientServerGraphController

public abstract GraphController newClientServerGraphController(Graph graph)

This method returns a new Client/Server- GraphController

Parameters:

graph - the graph to be managed by the controller.

Returns:

the created graph controller instance.

newModelBasedGraphController

public abstract GraphController newModelBasedGraphController(Graph graph)

This method returns a new Model-Based- GraphController

Parameters:

graph - the graph to be managed by the controller.

Returns:

the created graphcontroller instance.

newInstance

public static GraphControllerFactory newInstance()

This method creates a new instance of the actual GraphControllerFactory implementation.

Returns:

the GraphControllerFactory instance.

Throws:

a - FactoryConfigurationError is thrown whenever something goes wrong. For instance, there is no factory classname found or the factory class itself is not found or not accessable and so on