jef.deepCopier
Interface DeepCopierFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DCFactory

public interface DeepCopierFactory

This is the interface that defines the behavoiur of the concrete classes in charge of instantiating DeepCopier instances. Every DeepCopierFactory implementation has to provide at least the DeepCopier instances of the types specified by the mnemonic constants defined by this interface.

Author:

Francesco Russo frusso@dev.java.net

Field Summary

static byte

STATEFUL_DEEP_COPIER A non-sharable DeepCopier implementation.

Method Summary

DeepCopier

getInstance(byte type) Returns an instance of a concrete DeepCopier implementation.

Field Detail

STATEFUL_DEEP_COPIER

static final byte STATEFUL_DEEP_COPIER

A non-sharable DeepCopier implementation.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getInstance

DeepCopier getInstance(byte type)
                       throws UnknownDeepCopierException

Returns an instance of a concrete DeepCopier implementation. The type parameter specifies which particular implementation is required.

Parameters:

type - The required DeepCopier type

Throws:

UnknownDeepCopierException - The requested type is unknown