Package org.aksw.faraday_cage.engine

Class PluginFactory<U extends Plugin>

java.lang.Object

org.aksw.faraday_cage.engine.PluginFactory<U>

Direct Known Subclasses:

DecoratedExecutionNodeFactory

public class PluginFactory<U extends Plugin>
extends Object

A generic factory for implementations of FaradayCagePlugin.

Create an instance of this

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PluginFactory(Class<U> clazz, org.pf4j.PluginManager pluginManager, Resource type)	Constructor, takes an instance of this FaradayCagePluginFactorys type parameters Class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
U	create(Resource id)	Create an instance of the FaradayCagePlugin identified by id.
U	getImplementationOf(Resource type)	Create an instance of FaradayCagePlugin for a given type.
List<Resource>	listAvailable()	List the names of all implementations of T

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PluginFactory

public PluginFactory(Class<U> clazz,
 org.pf4j.PluginManager pluginManager,
 Resource type)

Constructor, takes an instance of this FaradayCagePluginFactorys type parameters Class.

Parameters:

clazz - Class instance for this FaradayCagePluginFactorys type parameter

pluginManager - the PluginManager to be used in this FaradayCagePluginFactory

type - Common parent ExecutionNode subtype IRI which all instances producible by this factory share.

Method Details

create

public U create(Resource id)

Create an instance of the FaradayCagePlugin identified by id.

Parameters:

id - identifier of the instance to create

Returns:

instance of the FaradayCagePlugin identified by id.

getImplementationOf

public U getImplementationOf(Resource type)

Create an instance of FaradayCagePlugin for a given type.

Parameters:

type - type of the instance to create

Returns:

instance of the FaradayCagePlugin for the given type.

listAvailable

public final List<Resource> listAvailable()

List the names of all implementations of T

Returns:

list of names of all implementations of T