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org.apache.avalon.cornerstone.services.connection
Class AbstractHandlerFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled
      org.apache.avalon.cornerstone.services.connection.AbstractHandlerFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, ConnectionHandlerFactory, Contextualizable, LogEnabled, Serviceable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultHandlerFactory

public abstract class AbstractHandlerFactory

extends AbstractLogEnabled

implements Contextualizable, Serviceable, Configurable, ConnectionHandlerFactory

Helper class to extend to create handler factorys.

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Constructor Summary

AbstractHandlerFactory()

Method Summary

void	configure(Configuration configuration) Pass the Configuration to the Configurable class.
void	contextualize(Context context) Pass the Context to the component.
ConnectionHandler	createConnectionHandler() Construct an appropriate ConnectionHandler.
protected abstract ConnectionHandler	newHandler() Overide this method to create actual instance of connection handler.
void	releaseConnectionHandler(ConnectionHandler connectionHandler) Release a previously created ConnectionHandler.
void	service(ServiceManager serviceManager) Pass the ServiceManager to the Serviceable.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled

enableLogging, getLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger, setupLogger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractHandlerFactory

public AbstractHandlerFactory()

Method Detail

contextualize

public void contextualize(Context context)

Description copied from interface: Contextualizable

Pass the Context to the component. This method is called after the LogEnabled.enableLogging( Logger ) (if present) method and before any other method.

Specified by:

contextualize in interface Contextualizable

Parameters:

context - the context. Must not be null.

service

public void service(ServiceManager serviceManager)
             throws ServiceException

Description copied from interface: Serviceable

Pass the ServiceManager to the Serviceable. The Serviceable implementation should use the specified ServiceManager to acquire the components it needs for execution.

Specified by:

service in interface Serviceable

Parameters:

serviceManager - The ServiceManager which this Serviceable uses. Must not be null.

Throws:

ServiceException - if an error occurs

configure

public void configure(Configuration configuration)
               throws ConfigurationException

Description copied from interface: Configurable

Pass the Configuration to the Configurable class.

Specified by:

configure in interface Configurable

Parameters:

configuration - the class configurations. Must not be null.

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if an error occurs

createConnectionHandler

public ConnectionHandler createConnectionHandler()
                                          throws java.lang.Exception

Construct an appropriate ConnectionHandler.

Specified by:

createConnectionHandler in interface ConnectionHandlerFactory

Returns:

the new ConnectionHandler

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs

releaseConnectionHandler

public void releaseConnectionHandler(ConnectionHandler connectionHandler)

Description copied from interface: ConnectionHandlerFactory

Release a previously created ConnectionHandler. e.g. for spooling.

Specified by:

releaseConnectionHandler in interface ConnectionHandlerFactory

newHandler

protected abstract ConnectionHandler newHandler()
                                         throws java.lang.Exception

Overide this method to create actual instance of connection handler.

Returns:

the new ConnectionHandler

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs