org.apache.excalibur.source.impl
Class ResourceSourceFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.AbstractLogEnabled
      org.apache.excalibur.source.impl.ResourceSourceFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Component, LogEnabled, SourceFactory, ThreadSafe

public class ResourceSourceFactory

extends AbstractLogEnabled

implements SourceFactory, ThreadSafe

A factory for the Resource protocol

Version:

$Id: ResourceSourceFactory.java,v 1.4 2004/02/28 11:47:24 cziegeler Exp $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.excalibur.source.SourceFactory

ROLE

Constructor Summary

ResourceSourceFactory()

Method Summary

Source	getSource(java.lang.String location, java.util.Map parameters) Get a Source object.
void	release(Source source) Release a Source object.

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

ResourceSourceFactory

public ResourceSourceFactory()

Method Detail

getSource

public Source getSource(java.lang.String location,
                        java.util.Map parameters)
                 throws java.net.MalformedURLException,
                        java.io.IOException,
                        SourceException

Get a Source object. The factory creates a new Source object that can be used by the application. However, when this source object is not needed anymore it has to be released again using the release(Source) method.

Specified by:

getSource in interface SourceFactory

Parameters:

location - The URI to resolve - this URI includes the protocol.

parameters - This is optional.

Returns:

the created source object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the source couldn't be created for some reason.

java.net.MalformedURLException

SourceException

release

public void release(Source source)

Release a Source object.

Specified by:

release in interface SourceFactory

Parameters:

source - the source to release.