org.sape.carbon.core.config.node
Interface NodeFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClassloaderConfigurationDocumentFactory, AbstractFileConfigurationDocumentFactory, AbstractJarConfigurationDocumentFactory, AbstractJNDIConfigurationDocumentFactory, ClassloaderFolderFactory, FileFolderFactory, JarFolderFactory, JNDIFolderFactory, NestedConfigurationDocumentFactory

public interface NodeFactory

Factory interface for objects that can construct Nodes. Copyright 2002 Sapient

Since:

carbon 1.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $($Author: dvoet $ / $Date: 2003/05/05 21:21:18 $)

Author:

Douglas Voet, March 2002

Method Summary

Node	getInstance(Node parent, String name) Constructs a Node.

Method Detail

getInstance

public Node getInstance(Node parent,
                        String name)
                 throws NodeCreationException

Constructs a Node.

Parameters:

parent - the parent Folder of the Node. Can be null only if the Node is the root Node for the ConfigurationService

name - the name of the Node. Cannot be null.

Returns:

Node the new Node

Throws:

NodeCreationException - if the LinkNode cannot be created.

NullPointerException - if name or linkConfigurationDoc is null