org.gcube.contentmanagement.contentmanager.plugin.delegates
Class FactoryDelegate
java.lang.Object
org.gcube.contentmanagement.contentmanager.plugin.delegates.Delegate
org.gcube.contentmanagement.contentmanager.plugin.delegates.FactoryDelegate
- Direct Known Subclasses:
- DefaultFactory
public abstract class FactoryDelegate
- extends Delegate
Extensions of the factory port-type of the service.
A FactoryDelegate
is dynamically bound to the Factory port-type
in order to create one or more collections from given creation parameters.
Subclasses are expected to return collections as soon as their
identifiers can be found in or computed from the creation parameters.
- Author:
- Fabio Simeoni (University of Strathclyde)
- See Also:
Delegate
Method Summary |
abstract java.util.List<? extends Collection> |
create(org.w3c.dom.Element parameters)
Invoked by the service to create one or more collections from
given creation parameters. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
FactoryDelegate
public FactoryDelegate()
create
public abstract java.util.List<? extends Collection> create(org.w3c.dom.Element parameters)
throws java.lang.Exception
- Invoked by the service to create one or more collections from
given creation parameters.
Subclasses are expected to validate parameters and return collections as soon as the
their identifiers can be found in, or computed from, the creation parameters.
Collection-specific staging processes ought to be performed
during the initialisation of the collection (cf. Collection#initialise(Element)
), if and when the service
requires it.
- Parameters:
parameters
- the parameters, served as an Element
.
- Returns:
- the collections.
- Throws:
java.lang.Exception
- if the parameters are malformed or if collection identifiers could not be derived from them.