org.clapper.curn
Class OutputHandlerFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.clapper.curn.OutputHandlerFactory

public class OutputHandlerFactory
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides a factory for retrieving a specific OutputHandler implementation.

Version:

$Revision: 6447 $

See Also:

OutputHandler

Method Summary

static OutputHandler	getOutputHandler(java.lang.Class<?> cls) Get an instance of the named OutputHandler class.
static OutputHandler	getOutputHandler(java.lang.String className) Get an instance of the named OutputHandler class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getOutputHandler

public static OutputHandler getOutputHandler(java.lang.Class<?> cls)
                                      throws CurnException

Get an instance of the named OutputHandler class. This method loads the specified class, verifies that it conforms to the OutputHandler interface, instantiates it (via its default constructor), and returns the resulting OutputHandler object.

Parameters:

cls - the class for the output handler

Returns:

an OutputHandler object

Throws:

CurnException - Error instantiating class. The exception will contain the real underlying exception.

getOutputHandler

public static OutputHandler getOutputHandler(java.lang.String className)
                                      throws CurnException

Get an instance of the named OutputHandler class. This method loads the specified class, verifies that it conforms to the OutputHandler interface, instantiates it (via its default constructor), and returns the resulting OutputHandler object.

Parameters:

className - the class name

Returns:

an OutputHandler object

Throws:

CurnException - Error instantiating class. The exception will contain the real underlying exception.