Factory (ProCAKE Framework 4.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AdaptationFactory, IOFactory, LoggerFactory, MessageFormatterFactory, ModelFactory, NESTGraphVisualizerFactory, NESTWorkflowVisualizerFactory, ObjectPoolFactory, OntologyFactory, RetrievalFactory, SimilarityModelFactory, TransformationConfigFactory
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public interface Factory
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The Factory interface defined three methods that must be implemented by each Factory implementation. Please note that each factory implementation should have a private constructor in order to prevent the creation of instances.

Author:

Rainer Maximini

See Also:

de.uni_trier.wi2.procake.utils.composition

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default void`	`addParameter(AbstractParameter param)`	Adds a parameter to this factory.
`boolean`	`bind(Object implementation)`	Bind an implementation to the factory.
`default void`	`postInit()`	Post initialization.
`void`	`reset()`	This method has to be implemented by every factory in order to allow a proper restart of ProCAKE.
`boolean`	`unbind(Object implementation)`	Unbinds an implementation from the factory.

- Method Detail
  - bind
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boolean bind(Object implementation)
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    Bind an implementation to the factory.
    
    Parameters:
    
    implementation - The object to bind.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the factory accept the implementation, otherwise false.
  - unbind
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boolean unbind(Object implementation)
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    Unbinds an implementation from the factory.
    
    Parameters:
    
    implementation - The object to unbind.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the factory accept the implementation, otherwise false.
  - reset
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void reset()
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    This method has to be implemented by every factory in order to allow a proper restart of ProCAKE. For example, this method might reset the default factory object or other stateful variables.
  - addParameter
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default void addParameter(AbstractParameter param)
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    Adds a parameter to this factory.
    
    Parameters:
    
    param - the parameter to add
  - postInit
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default void postInit()
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    Post initialization.