org.apache.excalibur.configuration
Class ContextFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.excalibur.configuration.ContextFactory

public class ContextFactory

extends Object

ContextFactory is a utility class that provides support for the creation context instances based on a XML context desciption.

Version:

$Id: ContextFactory.java,v 1.7 2003/02/25 16:28:35 bloritsch Exp $

Author:

Stephen McConnell

Constructor Summary

ContextFactory()

Method Summary

static Context	createContextFromConfiguration(Configuration config) Create context-attributes from entrys within <context/>-tag in config
static Context	createContextFromConfiguration(Context parent, Configuration config) Create context-attributes from entrys within <context/>-tag in config
static Context	createContextFromConfiguration(Context parent, Configuration config, Logger log) Create context-attributes from entrys within <context/>-tag in config

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ContextFactory

public ContextFactory()

Method Detail

createContextFromConfiguration

public static Context createContextFromConfiguration(Configuration config)
                                              throws ConfigurationException

Create context-attributes from entrys within <context/>-tag in config

Parameters:

config - the context configuration

Returns:

Context a context instance

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if a context related error occurs

createContextFromConfiguration

public static Context createContextFromConfiguration(Context parent,
                                                     Configuration config)
                                              throws ConfigurationException

Create context-attributes from entrys within <context/>-tag in config

Parameters:

parent - the parent context

config - the configuration element describing the context parameters

Returns:

Context a context instance

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if a context related error occurs

createContextFromConfiguration

public static Context createContextFromConfiguration(Context parent,
                                                     Configuration config,
                                                     Logger log)
                                              throws ConfigurationException

Create context-attributes from entrys within <context/>-tag in config

Parameters:

parent - the parent context

config - the configuration element describing the context parameters

log - a logging channel

Returns:

Context a context instance

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if a context related error occurs