edu.berkeley.guir.papier_mache.assoc
Class DefaultAssociationFactory

java.lang.Object
  edu.berkeley.guir.papier_mache.assoc.DefaultAssociationFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

AssociationFactory, edu.berkeley.guir.lib.util.ToShortStringable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClassInstanceFactory, MarbleAnswering, ShapeAnalogueFactory, StringFactory, UserAssociationFactory, VisualAnalogueFactory

public abstract class DefaultAssociationFactory

extends java.lang.Object

implements AssociationFactory

This interface is used to select what type of media element is to be associated with a new phob.

Author:

Scott Klemmer ( srk(AT)cs.berkeley.edu )

Constructor Summary

DefaultAssociationFactory()

Method Summary

abstract 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.
java.lang.String	toShortString() Provides a short explanation of what this factory will create.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DefaultAssociationFactory

public DefaultAssociationFactory()

Method Detail

createAssociationEltForPhob

public abstract AssociationElt createAssociationEltForPhob(Phob phob)

Description copied from interface: AssociationFactory

Create an AssociationElt based on the given phob

Specified by:

createAssociationEltForPhob in interface AssociationFactory

Parameters:

phob - used to decide what type of AssociationElt to create

Returns:

the created AssociatoinElt

toShortString

public java.lang.String toShortString()

Provides a short explanation of what this factory will create. Should be overriden by subclasses.

Specified by:

toShortString in interface edu.berkeley.guir.lib.util.ToShortStringable

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

setParameter

public 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.

Specified by:

setParameter in interface AssociationFactory

Parameters:

paramName - the name of the parameter to set

paramValue - the value of the parameter