xdoclet.util.predicates
Class SimplePredicateFactory

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

PredicateFactory

public class SimplePredicateFactory

extends Object

implements PredicateFactory

Simple predicate factory. Should be subclassed to add domain-specific predicates.

Author:

Aslak Hellesøy

See Also:

And, Or, Not, True, False, HasClassTag, IsA

Constructor Summary

SimplePredicateFactory()
Constructs a new SimplePredicateFactory.

Method Summary

Predicate

createPredicate(String name) Creates a predicate instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimplePredicateFactory

public SimplePredicateFactory()

Constructs a new SimplePredicateFactory.

Method Detail

createPredicate

public Predicate createPredicate(String name)
                          throws PredicateException

Creates a predicate instance. Valid values for name are and, or, not, true, false, has-class-tag and is-a.

Specified by:

createPredicate in interface PredicateFactory

Parameters:

name - the predicate name

Returns:

an instance of the requested predicate

Throws:

PredicateException - If the requested predicate is not registered.