org.apache.webdav.lib.properties
Class PropertyFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.webdav.lib.properties.PropertyFactory

public class PropertyFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Factory for instanciating Propertys.

Constructor Summary

PropertyFactory()

Method Summary

static Property	create(ResponseEntity response, org.w3c.dom.Element element) Creates a new property from an xml element provided in an WebDAV response.
static void	register(java.lang.String namespaceUri, java.lang.String elementName, java.lang.Class cls) Registers a new property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyFactory

public PropertyFactory()

Method Detail

create

public static Property create(ResponseEntity response,
                              org.w3c.dom.Element element)

Creates a new property from an xml element provided in an WebDAV response.

If no property class was registered a BaseProperty will returned.

See Also:

Property, BaseProperty

register

public static void register(java.lang.String namespaceUri,
                            java.lang.String elementName,
                            java.lang.Class cls)
                     throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                            java.lang.SecurityException

Registers a new property.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - namespace of the property

cls - class that implements the property. Must have a constructor that takes two parameters of type ResponseEntity and Element.

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - if cls does not implement the required ctor.

java.lang.SecurityException