org.jdtaus.core.container
Class ContextFactory

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

public abstract class ContextFactory

extends Object

Factory for the singleton.

Version:

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

Author:

Christian Schulte

Constructor Summary

ContextFactory()

Method Summary

static Context	getContext() Gets the singleton.
static Context	newContext() Creates a new instance of the configured implementation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ContextFactory

public ContextFactory()

Method Detail

getContext

public static Context getContext()

Gets the singleton.

By default this class will instantiate a new context 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:

ContextError - for unrecoverable context errors.

See Also:

newContext()

newContext

public static Context newContext()

Creates a new instance of the configured implementation.

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

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

Returns:

a new instance of the configured implementation.

Throws:

ContextError - for unrecoverable context errors.