com.ail.core.configure
Class Builder

java.lang.Object
  com.ail.core.Type
      com.ail.core.configure.Component
          com.ail.core.configure.Group
              com.ail.core.configure.Builder

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class Builder
extends Group

A "Builder" represents an instance of a class builder - i.e. a class factory. There may be an arbitrary number of builders in any live system each capable of building class based on different inputs. e.g. and BeanShellBuilder while builds class based on a bean shell script, or a CastorXMLBuilder whild builds classes based on the XML representation of a class instance.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ail.core.Type

jXPathContext, NOT_PERSISTED

Constructor Summary

Builder()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getFactory() Get the name of the factory class (e.g.
AbstractFactory	getInstance() Fetch the cached instance of the factory.
void	setFactory(java.lang.String factory) Set the name of the factory class.
void	setInstance(AbstractFactory instance) Set the instance of the factory class.

Methods inherited from class com.ail.core.configure.Group

addGroup, addParameter, findGroup, findParameter, findParameterValue, findParameterValue, getGroup, getGroup, getGroupCount, getParameter, getParameter, getParameterCount, removeAllGroup, removeAllParameter, removeGroup, removeParameter, setGroup, setGroup, setParameter, setParameterAt

Methods inherited from class com.ail.core.configure.Component

getName, getNameLowerCase, setName

Methods inherited from class com.ail.core.Type

addAttribute, clone, deleteLock, deleteSerialVersion, fetchJXPathContext, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributeCount, getForeignSystemId, getLock, getSerialVersion, getSystemId, hasLock, hasSerialVersion, hasSystemId, isPersisted, markAsNotPersisted, mergeWithDataFrom, removeAttribute, removeAttribute, setAttribute, setForeignSystemId, setLock, setSerialVersion, setSystemId, xpathGet, xpathGet, xpathIterate, xpathSet

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Builder

public Builder()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

getFactory

public java.lang.String getFactory()

Get the name of the factory class (e.g. com.ail.core.factory.BeanShellFactory).

Returns:

The name of the factory class.

setFactory

public void setFactory(java.lang.String factory)

Set the name of the factory class.

Parameters:

factory - The name of the Factory class

getInstance

public AbstractFactory getInstance()

Fetch the cached instance of the factory.

Returns:

An instance of the factory class.

setInstance

public void setInstance(AbstractFactory instance)

Set the instance of the factory class.

Parameters:

instance - Instance of the class.