edu.nmu.os.shell
Class ShellFactory

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

ShellFactoryImpl

public abstract class ShellFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Creates Shells using the factory design pattern

Since:

jdk1.4

Version:

0.1, Jan 25, 2003 12:14:01 AM

Author:

Matt Murphy

See Also:

// * @see ConfigManager

Constructor Summary

ShellFactory()

Method Summary

abstract Shell	createShell(java.lang.String[] args) Creates a new Shell as specified by the given arguments
static ShellFactory	getFactory() Gets the default ShellFactory
static ShellFactory	getFactory(java.lang.String name) Gets the ShellFactory specified by the given name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ShellFactory

public ShellFactory()

Method Detail

getFactory

public static ShellFactory getFactory()
                               throws ShellFactoryException

Gets the default ShellFactory

Returns:

the default ShellFactory

Throws:

ShellFactoryException - if the default ShellFactory could not be loaded

getFactory

public static ShellFactory getFactory(java.lang.String name)
                               throws ShellFactoryException

Gets the ShellFactory specified by the given name

Parameters:

name - the alias or fully qualified classname of the ShellFactory to get

Returns:

the ShellFactory specified by name

Throws:

ShellFactoryException - if no matching ShellFactory was found or there was a problem loading it

createShell

public abstract Shell createShell(java.lang.String[] args)

Creates a new Shell as specified by the given arguments

Parameters:

args - implementation specific arguments describing how the Shell should be created

Returns:

the Shell