it.uniroma2.sag.kelp.data.representation

Class RepresentationFactory

java.lang.Object

it.uniroma2.sag.kelp.data.representation.RepresentationFactory

public class RepresentationFactory
extends Object

It is a factory that provides methods for instantiating a representation described in a textual format The factory is able to automatically support all the implementations of the class Representation that have an empty constructor and that have been included in the project (as local class or imported via Maven)

Author:

Simone Filice

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static RepresentationFactory	getInstance() Returns an instance of the class RepresentatioFactory
static String	getRepresentationIdentifier(Class<? extends Representation> c) Returns the identifier of a given class
Representation	parseRepresentation(String representationType, String representationBody) Initializes and returns the representation described in representationBody

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static RepresentationFactory getInstance()

Returns an instance of the class RepresentatioFactory

Returns:

an instance of the class RepresentatioFactory

parseRepresentation

public Representation parseRepresentation(String representationType,
                                 String representationBody)
                                   throws InstantiationException

Initializes and returns the representation described in representationBody

Parameters:

representationType - the identifier of the representation class to be instantiated

representationBody - the the textual description of the representation to be instantiated

Returns:

the representation described in representationBody

Throws:

InstantiationException

getRepresentationIdentifier

public static String getRepresentationIdentifier(Class<? extends Representation> c)

Returns the identifier of a given class

Parameters:

c - the class whose identifier is requested

Returns:

the class identifier