org.davesag.generica.persistence
Class ArchivistFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.davesag.generica.persistence.ArchivistFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

HibernateArchivistFactory, JdoArchivistFactory

public abstract class ArchivistFactory

extends Object

An ArchivistFactory builds the correct Archivist for your needs. Right now this supports HIBERNATE and JDO.

Since:

Generica 1.0

Version:

CVS Revision $Id: ArchivistFactory.java,v 1.4 2004/04/06 15:33:23 davesag Exp $

Author:

Dave Sag http://www.davesag.com

Constructor Summary

ArchivistFactory()

Method Summary

protected abstract Archivist	getArchivist() Override this method to provide custom archiving.
static Archivist	getArchivist(String type) load an archvist that delegates to the correct persistence strategy.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ArchivistFactory

public ArchivistFactory()

Method Detail

getArchivist

public static Archivist getArchivist(String type)
                              throws ArchiveException,
                                     IllegalArgumentException

load an archvist that delegates to the correct persistence strategy.

Parameters:

type - Either jdo or hibernate, or the fully qualified class name of a more specific ArchivistFactory.

Returns:

the correct Archivist for the type.

Throws:

ArchiveException - if something goies wrong with the persistence system.

IllegalArgumentException - if the type was not a 'jdo' or 'hibernate' and it's not a fully qualified name of another ArchivistFactory.

getArchivist

protected abstract Archivist getArchivist()
                                   throws ArchiveException

Override this method to provide custom archiving.

Returns:

The specific Archivist implementation.

Throws:

ArchiveException - if something went wrong.