uk.ac.ebi.intact.persistence
Class DAOFactory

java.lang.Object
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public class DAOFactory

extends java.lang.Object

This class is a factory for providing data sources from which a data source connection can be obtained. The Factory Method pattern is used here, as for the present the number of possible different data source types is expected to be small (for example a Castor data source, an XML data source and oracle source etc)

Author:

Chris Lewington

Constructor Summary

DAOFactory()

Method Summary

static DAOSource

getDAOSource(java.lang.String sourceType) This method returns a specific data source instance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DAOFactory

public DAOFactory()

Method Detail

getDAOSource

public static DAOSource getDAOSource(java.lang.String sourceType)
                              throws DataSourceException

This method returns a specific data source instance

Parameters:

sourceType - - The type of data source to be created

Returns:

The generated Data Source

Throws:

DataSourceException - - thrown if a data source instance cannot be created, for example due to missing/invalid config files