ResourceFactory (libloader JavaDoc)

Interface ResourceFactory

public interface ResourceFactory

Creation-Date: 05.04.2006, 12:52:32

Author: Thomas Morgner

Field Summary
static String	CONFIG_PREFIX

Field Summary

static String

CONFIG_PREFIX

Method Summary
Resource	create(ResourceManager manager, ResourceData data, ResourceKey context) Creates a resource by interpreting the data given in the resource-data object.
Class	getFactoryType() Returns the expected result type.
void	initializeDefaults() Initializes the resource factory.

Method Summary

Resource

create(ResourceManager manager, ResourceData data, ResourceKey context)

Creates a resource by interpreting the data given in the resource-data object.

Class

getFactoryType()

Returns the expected result type.

void

initializeDefaults()

Initializes the resource factory.

Method Detail

Creates a resource by interpreting the data given in the resource-data object. If additional datastreams need to be parsed, the provided resource manager should be used.

Parameters: manager the resource manager used for all resource loading. data the resource-data from where the binary data is read. context the resource context used to resolve relative resource paths.

Returns: the parsed result, never null.

Throws: ResourceCreationException if the resource could not be parsed due to syntaxctial or logical errors in the data. ResourceLoadingException if the resource could not be accessed from the physical storage.

public Class getFactoryType()

Returns the expected result type.

Returns: the result type.

public void initializeDefaults()

Initializes the resource factory. This usually loads all system resources from the environment and maybe sets up and initializes any factories needed during the parsing.

Interface ResourceFactory

Field Detail

CONFIG_PREFIX

Method Detail

create

getFactoryType

initializeDefaults