edu.berkeley.guir.papier_mache.assoc
Interface AssociationFactory

All Superinterfaces:

edu.berkeley.guir.lib.util.ToShortStringable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssociationTreeTable, ClassInstanceFactory, DefaultAssociationFactory, MarbleAnswering, ShapeAnalogueFactory, StringFactory, UserAssociationFactory, VisualAnalogueFactory

public interface AssociationFactory

extends edu.berkeley.guir.lib.util.ToShortStringable

An interface that creates AssociationElts.

Author:

Jack Li ( jack(AT)eecs{DOT}berkeley{DOT}edu )

Method Summary

AssociationElt	createAssociationEltForPhob(Phob phob) Create an AssociationElt based on the given phob
void	setParameter(java.lang.String paramName, java.lang.String paramValue) Used when unmarshalling an XML file.

Methods inherited from interface edu.berkeley.guir.lib.util.ToShortStringable

toShortString

Method Detail

createAssociationEltForPhob

AssociationElt createAssociationEltForPhob(Phob phob)

Create an AssociationElt based on the given phob

Parameters:

phob - used to decide what type of AssociationElt to create

Returns:

the created AssociatoinElt

setParameter

void setParameter(java.lang.String paramName,
                  java.lang.String paramValue)

Used when unmarshalling an XML file. Subclasses implement this so that the unmarshaller can set all of the parameter fields. The default behavior is to throw an error that the parameter is not a field of the class. If a classifier does not accept a parameter, it should call super.setParameter(), which will invoke this error handler.

Parameters:

paramName - the name of the parameter to set

paramValue - the value of the parameter