com.googlecode.sarasvati.load
Interface NodeFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultNodeFactory

public interface NodeFactory

Method Summary

Map<String,String>	loadCustom(Node node, Object custom) Loads the custom data into the node.
Node	newNode(String type) Creates a new node of the given type

Method Detail

newNode

Node newNode(String type)
             throws SarasvatiLoadException

Creates a new node of the given type

Returns:

The new node

Throws:

SarasvatiLoadException - If a node of the given type cannot be instantiated

loadCustom

Map<String,String> loadCustom(Node node,
                              Object custom)
                              throws SarasvatiLoadException

Loads the custom data into the node. Returns a map of the data loaded, keyed by bean property name. So if the the node has a property foo, which in turn has a property bar, which was set to 1, then the map will contain an entry

   foo.bar=1
 

This may be used to store the data for nodes of type CustomNode.

Parameters:

node - The node to set the data in

custom - The custom data from the XML file

Returns:

A map of bean properties set. This may be used if the node is a CustomNode

Throws:

SarasvatiLoadException - If custom data is incorrect.