net.sf.jguiraffe.gui.builder
Interface BeanBuilderFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

JellyBeanBuilderFactory

public interface BeanBuilderFactory

Definition of an interface for querying new BeanBuilder objects.

This interface provides a generic means for obtaining a new BeanBuilder instance that can be used for processing a script with bean definitions. It is a typical factory interface decoupling its clients from the concrete builder implementation.

Note: An implementation is intended to be thread-safe, so that it can be shared between multiple threads. For the returned BeanBuilder instances however, this is not the case. They should be used by a single thread only.

Version:

$Id: BeanBuilderFactory.java 156 2009-03-03 21:04:47Z oheger $

Author:

Oliver Heger

Method Summary

BeanBuilder

getBeanBuilder() Returns a BeanBuilder object for processing a script with bean definitions.

Method Detail

getBeanBuilder

BeanBuilder getBeanBuilder()
                           throws BuilderException

Returns a BeanBuilder object for processing a script with bean definitions. The returned object is fully initialized and can be used immediately.

Returns:

a new BeanBuilder instance

Throws:

BuilderException - if an error occurs