nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.actor
Class ActorFactory

java.lang.Object
  nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.actor.ActorFactory

public class ActorFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Class for creating Actors.

Method Summary

Actor	create(java.util.Properties props) Actors are created using the 'ActorClass' property to determine the class of the actor to use.
static ActorFactory	newInstance() Return a singleton of this object, creating it if needed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newInstance

public static ActorFactory newInstance()

Return a singleton of this object, creating it if needed

Returns:

static singelton factory

create

public Actor create(java.util.Properties props)

Actors are created using the 'ActorClass' property to determine the class of the actor to use.

• 'DBActor' - creates a DBActor Actor.
• anything else - creates a BasicUser.

Parameters for all actors

• 'ActorType' - type (mode) of the created Actor
• 'ActorID' - ID of the created Actor

Parameters:

props - parameters for Actors

Returns:

newly created Actor