nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.reusablecores.instancefactory
Class DefaultInstanceFactory

java.lang.Object
  nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.reusablecores.instancefactory.DefaultInstanceFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

InstanceFactory

public class DefaultInstanceFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements InstanceFactory

This class is used when an approprite Object specific factory does not exist. It always returns an Instance wihout attributes.

Constructor Summary

DefaultInstanceFactory()

Method Summary

DefaultInstanceFactory	prototype()
Instance	transform(java.lang.Object value, java.lang.String name) Transform an object into an Instance where the name of the dataset and the names of the attributes are derived from the name provided.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultInstanceFactory

public DefaultInstanceFactory()

Method Detail

transform

public Instance transform(java.lang.Object value,
                          java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: InstanceFactory

Transform an object into an Instance where the name of the dataset and the names of the attributes are derived from the name provided.

Specified by:

transform in interface InstanceFactory

Parameters:

value - Property value to be transformed

name - string utilized to derive a dataset name and attribute names.

Returns:

Instance representing this object

prototype

public DefaultInstanceFactory prototype()

Specified by:

prototype in interface InstanceFactory