org.biojavax
Class SimpleRichObjectBuilder

java.lang.Object
  org.biojavax.SimpleRichObjectBuilder

All Implemented Interfaces:

RichObjectBuilder

public class SimpleRichObjectBuilder
extends Object
implements RichObjectBuilder

Creates objects and returns them, and stores them in an internal map of singletons for reference. Takes up a lot of memory!

Since:

1.5

Author:

Richard Holland

Constructor Summary

SimpleRichObjectBuilder()

Method Summary

Object

buildObject(Class clazz, List paramsList) This method takes a class name and some parameters, and uses that information to construct and return an equivalent object, usually by calling the constructor on the class with the supplied parameters. Instantiates and returns objects, that's all there is to it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleRichObjectBuilder

public SimpleRichObjectBuilder()

Method Detail

buildObject

public Object buildObject(Class clazz,
                          List paramsList)

This method takes a class name and some parameters, and uses that information to construct and return an equivalent object, usually by calling the constructor on the class with the supplied parameters. Note that it only works with classes whose constructors take only Objects, and not primitives. It should return singletons. Instantiates and returns objects, that's all there is to it.

Specified by:

buildObject in interface RichObjectBuilder

Parameters:

clazz - the class to instantiate and build

paramsList - the parameters to pass to the constructor

Returns:

an instance of the requested class/params combination. May or may not be a singleton, but usually will be given as that is the purpose of this class.