PluginFactory (FARADAY-CAGE 1.1.0 API)

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 `FaradayCagePluginFactory`s 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 Detail
  - 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 Detail
  - 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