nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.link
Class LinkFactory

java.lang.Object
  nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.link.LinkFactory

public class LinkFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Class for generating Links from a Properties map.

Constructor Summary

protected

LinkFactory() Creates a new instance of LinkFactory

Method Summary

Link	create(java.util.Properties props) Creates a new Link based on the 'LinkClass' attribute.
static LinkFactory	newInstance() Create a new reference to a singelton LinkFactory object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LinkFactory

protected LinkFactory()

Creates a new instance of LinkFactory

Method Detail

newInstance

public static LinkFactory newInstance()

Create a new reference to a singelton LinkFactory object

Returns:

a reference to a LinkFactory

create

public Link create(java.util.Properties props)

Creates a new Link based on the 'LinkClass' attribute. Currently only BasicLink is supported, so this value is ignored. 'LinkType' sets the link type (relation) of this link before returning.

Parameters:

props - map of properties for creating a map

Returns:

a newly created Link