Package org.exoplatform.commons.serialization.api.factory

Class ObjectFactory<B>

java.lang.Object

org.exoplatform.commons.serialization.api.factory.ObjectFactory<B>

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultObjectFactory

public abstract class ObjectFactory<B>
extends Object

A factory that creates instance of a type.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ObjectFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract <S extends B> S	create(Class<S> type, Map<FieldModel<? super S,?>,?> state)	Instantiate an object based on the provided type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ObjectFactory

public ObjectFactory()

Method Details

create

public abstract <S extends B> S create(Class<S> type,
 Map<FieldModel<? super S,?>,?> state)
                                throws CreateException

Instantiate an object based on the provided type. The implementor should take care of configuring the state of the returned objet with the provided state map argument.

Type Parameters:

S - the parameter type of the sub type of the base type

Parameters:

type - the type

state - the state

Returns:

the S instance

Throws:

CreateException - anything wrong that happened during instance creation