AbstractFactory (Apache SIS metadata 1.0 API)

Object
- AbstractFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Factory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultNameFactory
```
public abstract class AbstractFactory
extends Object
implements Factory
```
Base class of factories provided in the Apache SIS library.

Since:

0.3

Defined in the sis-metadata module

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Modifier Constructor Description
  
  protected AbstractFactory()
  Creates a new factory.
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Citation getVendor()
  Returns the implementer of this factory, or null if unknown.
  - Methods inherited from class Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractFactory
```
protected AbstractFactory()
```
    Creates a new factory.
- Method Detail
  - getVendor
```
public Citation getVendor()
```
    Returns the implementer of this factory, or null if unknown. The default implementation tries to fetch this information from the manifest associated to the package of this.getClass().
    
    Specified by:
    
    getVendor in interface Factory
    
    Returns:
    
    the vendor for this factory implementation, or null if unknown.
    
    See Also:
    
    Package.getImplementationVendor()