verinec.adaptation
Interface IDistributorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropDistFactory

public interface IDistributorFactory

Creates distributors for given targets.

Version:

$Revision: 824 $

Author:

david.buchmann at unifr.ch

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Method Summary

IDistributor

createDistributor(Element target) Create a distributor suitable for the given target.

Method Detail

createDistributor

IDistributor createDistributor(Element target)
                               throws VerinecException

Create a distributor suitable for the given target. The tr:target element must contain the distributor specific child. This factory method is responsible for calling setTarget on the IDistributor instance.

Parameters:

target - The tr:target element of the service configuration to be distributed.

Returns:

A distributor to be used with the configuration data having this target.

Throws:

VerinecException - if there can be no distributor found for the target.