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package org.apache.tomcat.util.digester;


import org.xml.sax.Attributes;


Abstract base class for ObjectCreationFactory implementations.

/** * <p>Abstract base class for <code>ObjectCreationFactory</code> * implementations.</p> */
public abstract class AbstractObjectCreationFactory implements ObjectCreationFactory { // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance Variables
The associated Digester instance that was set up by FactoryCreateRule upon initialization.
/** * The associated <code>Digester</code> instance that was set up by * {@link FactoryCreateRule} upon initialization. */
private Digester digester = null; // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods

Factory method called by FactoryCreateRule to supply an object based on the element's attributes.

Params:
  • attributes – the element's attributes
Throws:
  • Exception – any exception thrown will be propagated upwards
/** * <p>Factory method called by {@link FactoryCreateRule} to supply an * object based on the element's attributes. * * @param attributes the element's attributes * * @throws Exception any exception thrown will be propagated upwards */
@Override public abstract Object createObject(Attributes attributes) throws Exception;

Returns the Digester that was set by the FactoryCreateRule upon initialization.

/** * <p>Returns the {@link Digester} that was set by the * {@link FactoryCreateRule} upon initialization. */
@Override public Digester getDigester() { return this.digester; }

Set the Digester to allow the implementation to do logging, classloading based on the digester's classloader, etc.

Params:
  • digester – parent Digester object
/** * <p>Set the {@link Digester} to allow the implementation to do logging, * classloading based on the digester's classloader, etc. * * @param digester parent Digester object */
@Override public void setDigester(Digester digester) { this.digester = digester; } }