Package de.uplanet.lucy.server.auxiliaries.collections

Class CollectionFactory

java.lang.Object

de.uplanet.lucy.server.auxiliaries.collections.CollectionFactory

@VelocityCallable("singleton")
public final class CollectionFactory
extends Object

Used to create collections.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CollectionFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Object>	createList()	Create a LinkedList.
List<?>	createList(String p_strClassName)	Create a List of the given type.
Map<Object,Object>	createMap()	Create a HashMap.
Map<?,?>	createMap(String p_strClassName)	Create a Map of the given type.
Set<Object>	createSet()	Create a HashSet.
Set<?>	createSet(String p_strClassName)	Create a Set of the given type.
TreeSet<String>	getPrincipalNames(Subject p_subject)	Create a collection of principal names for the given subject.
Collection<?>	getProperties(Collection<?> p_collection, String p_strMethodName)	Deprecated. Use the getPropertiesAsXxx methods instead.
List<?>	getPropertiesAsList(Collection<?> p_collection, String p_strMethodName)	Create a list of object properties from a collection of objects.
Set<?>	getPropertiesAsSet(Collection<?> p_collection, String p_strMethodName)	Create a set of object properties from a collection of objects.
SortedSet<?>	getPropertiesAsSortedSet(Collection<?> p_collection, String p_strMethodName)	Create a sorted set of object properties from a collection of objects.
Properties	loadProperties(String p_strPath)	Load the given properties file.
Properties	loadPropertiesSafely(String p_strPath)	Same as loadProperties(String) but instead of throwing an exception an empty properties collection is returned if an error occurs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

CollectionFactory

public CollectionFactory()

Method Details

createMap

public Map<Object,Object> createMap()

Create a HashMap.

createMap

public Map<?,?> createMap(String p_strClassName)

Create a Map of the given type.

Note that the class must provide a public default constructor.

Parameters:

p_strClassName - The name of the map class.

Returns:

The newly created map, or null if the map could not be created. In the latter case see the log file for details.

createSet

public Set<Object> createSet()

Create a HashSet.

createSet

public Set<?> createSet(String p_strClassName)

Create a Set of the given type.

Note that the class must provide a public default constructor.

Parameters:

p_strClassName - The name of the set class.

Returns:

The newly created set, or null if the set could not be created. In the latter case see the log file for details.

createList

public List<Object> createList()

Create a LinkedList.

createList

public List<?> createList(String p_strClassName)

Create a List of the given type.

Note that the class must provide a public default constructor.

Parameters:

p_strClassName - The name of the list class.

Returns:

The newly created list, or null if the list could not be created. In the latter case see the log file for details.

loadProperties

public Properties loadProperties(String p_strPath)
                          throws IOException

Load the given properties file.

The file may contain UTF-8 encoded characters.

Parameters:

p_strPath - The path of the properties file.

Returns:

The loaded properties.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

loadPropertiesSafely

public Properties loadPropertiesSafely(String p_strPath)

Same as loadProperties(String) but instead of throwing an exception an empty properties collection is returned if an error occurs.

Parameters:

p_strPath - The path of the properties file.

Returns:

The loaded properties.

getProperties

@Deprecated
public Collection<?> getProperties(Collection<?> p_collection,
 String p_strMethodName)
                            throws Exception

Deprecated.

Use the getPropertiesAsXxx methods instead.

Create a collection of object properties from a collection of objects.

Parameters:

p_collection - The object collection.

p_strMethodName - The method that returns the properties that will be in the resultant collection.

Returns:

The collection of properties.

Throws:

Exception - - If an error occurred.

getPropertiesAsList

public List<?> getPropertiesAsList(Collection<?> p_collection,
 String p_strMethodName)
                            throws Exception

Create a list of object properties from a collection of objects.

Parameters:

p_collection - The object collection.

p_strMethodName - The method that returns the properties that will be in the resultant collection.

Returns:

The list of properties.

Throws:

Exception - - If an error occurred.

Since:

Intrexx 7.0.

getPropertiesAsSet

public Set<?> getPropertiesAsSet(Collection<?> p_collection,
 String p_strMethodName)
                          throws Exception

Create a set of object properties from a collection of objects.

Parameters:

p_collection - The object collection.

p_strMethodName - The method that returns the properties that will be in the resultant collection.

Returns:

The set of properties.

Throws:

Exception - - If an error occurred.

Since:

Intrexx 7.0.

getPropertiesAsSortedSet

public SortedSet<?> getPropertiesAsSortedSet(Collection<?> p_collection,
 String p_strMethodName)
                                      throws Exception

Create a sorted set of object properties from a collection of objects.

Parameters:

p_collection - The object collection.

p_strMethodName - The method that returns the properties that will be in the resultant collection.

Returns:

The sorted set of properties.

Throws:

Exception - - If an error occurred.

Since:

Intrexx 7.0.

getPrincipalNames

public TreeSet<String> getPrincipalNames(Subject p_subject)

Create a collection of principal names for the given subject.

Parameters:

p_subject - The subject.

Returns:

The principal names.

Since:

Intrexx 7.0.