nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property
Class PropertyFactory

java.lang.Object
  nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property.PropertyFactory

public class PropertyFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Class for creating Property objects

Constructor Summary

PropertyFactory()
Creates a new instance of PropertyFactory

Method Summary

Property	create(java.util.Properties props) Creates a new Property Object.
static PropertyFactory	newInstance() Create a reference to the singelton PropertyFactory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyFactory

public PropertyFactory()

Creates a new instance of PropertyFactory

Method Detail

newInstance

public static PropertyFactory newInstance()

Create a reference to the singelton PropertyFactory

Returns:

reference to the PropertyFactory

create

public Property create(java.util.Properties props)

Creates a new Property Object. 'PropertyID' is used to set the id of the resulting property. 'PropertyClass' is used to set what class of objects can be added as values. A new BasicProperty object with the given id and given values class is returned.

Parameters:

props - map of initialization properties

Returns:

new Property object