Package com.cobber.fta

Class LogicalTypeFactory

java.lang.Object

com.cobber.fta.LogicalTypeFactory

public abstract class LogicalTypeFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Construct a LogicalType from PluginDefinition or a Semantic Type name.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LogicalTypeFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static LogicalType	newInstance(PluginDefinition plugin)	Return a Logical Type based on a Plugin Definition.
static LogicalType	newInstance(PluginDefinition plugin, java.util.Locale locale)	Return a Logical Type based on a Plugin Definition in a particular locale.
static LogicalType	newInstance(java.lang.String qualifier)	Return a Logical Type based simply on the name of the Logical Type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LogicalTypeFactory

public LogicalTypeFactory()

Method Detail

newInstance

public static LogicalType newInstance(java.lang.String qualifier)
                               throws FTAPluginException

Return a Logical Type based simply on the name of the Logical Type. The locale will be derived from the first valid locale in the internal plugins file.

Parameters:

qualifier - Name of the Semantic Type for which we wish to retrieve the Logical Type.

Returns:

The LogicalType The Logical Type associated with the definition (if it exists), null if non-existent. Note: isValid(input) can be invoked on the resulting type, and nextRandom() if the type is an subclass of LogicalTypeCode.

Throws:

FTAPluginException - Thrown when the plugin is incorrectly configured.

newInstance

public static LogicalType newInstance(PluginDefinition plugin)
                               throws FTAPluginException

Return a Logical Type based on a Plugin Definition.

Parameters:

plugin - The Definition for this plugin

Returns:

The LogicalType The Logical Type associated with the definition (if it exists), null if non-existent.

Throws:

FTAPluginException - Thrown when the plugin is incorrectly configured.

newInstance

public static LogicalType newInstance(PluginDefinition plugin,
                                      java.util.Locale locale)
                               throws FTAPluginException

Return a Logical Type based on a Plugin Definition in a particular locale.

Parameters:

plugin - The Definition for this plugin

locale - The locale used for this LogicalType

Returns:

The LogicalType The Logical Type associated with the definition (if it exists), null if non-existent.

Throws:

FTAPluginException - Thrown when the plugin is incorrectly configured.