org.jdtaus.core.container
Class ContainerFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.jdtaus.core.container.ContainerFactory

public abstract class ContainerFactory

extends Object

Factory for the singleton.

Version:

$Id: ContainerFactory.java 2756 2007-04-14 02:01:15Z schulte2005 $

Author:

Christian Schulte

Constructor Summary

ContainerFactory()

Method Summary

static Container	getContainer() Gets the singleton.
static Container	newContainer() Creates a new instance of the singleton implementation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ContainerFactory

public ContainerFactory()

Method Detail

getContainer

public static Container getContainer()

Gets the singleton.

By default this class will instantiate a new container and hold it in a static class variable as the singleton to return for other calls. This behaviour can be changed by setting a system property with key to the name of a class defining a method returning the singleton instance of .

Returns:

the singleton instance.

Throws:

ContainerError - for unrecoverable container errors.

See Also:

newContainer()

newContainer

public static Container newContainer()

Creates a new instance of the singleton implementation.

The container implementation to be used can be controlled via a system property with key set to a class name to be loaded as the container implementation.

This method should be used by implementors to retrieve a new instance.

Returns:

a new instance of the configured implementation.

Throws:

ContainerError - for unrecoverable container errors.