Package com.aquima.interactions.matching

Class MatchEngineFactory

java.lang.Object

com.aquima.interactions.matching.MatchEngineFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

IMatchEngineFactory

public class MatchEngineFactory
extends Object
implements IMatchEngineFactory

Factory class which knows how to construct a match engine.

Since:

6.2

Author:

F. van der Meer, O. Kerpershoek

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	PROPERTY	This define denotes the key that is used to locate a match engine factory implementation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MatchEngineFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IMatchEngine	create(IMetaModel model, IMatchEngineDS matchEngineDS, IMatchTypeFactory matchTypeFactory, IResourceManager resources, ILicenseProvider licenseProvider)	This method should create a new match engine using the provided arguments.
static IMatchEngineFactory	getInstance()	Acquires an instance of IMatchEngineFactory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

PROPERTY

public static final String PROPERTY

This define denotes the key that is used to locate a match engine factory implementation.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

MatchEngineFactory

public MatchEngineFactory()

Method Details

getInstance

public static IMatchEngineFactory getInstance()

Acquires an instance of IMatchEngineFactory. A different implementation can be registered to the ClassFactory by the PROPERTY constant within this class. Note: Once constructed the actual factory is statically cached. therefore once this class is loaded always the same instance is returned.

Returns:

The actual factory implementation.

create

public IMatchEngine create(IMetaModel model,
 IMatchEngineDS matchEngineDS,
 IMatchTypeFactory matchTypeFactory,
 IResourceManager resources,
 ILicenseProvider licenseProvider)

Description copied from interface: IMatchEngineFactory

This method should create a new match engine using the provided arguments.

Specified by:

create in interface IMatchEngineFactory

Parameters:

model - The meta model containing the application definition.

matchEngineDS - The match engine data source used to initialize the match engine data.

matchTypeFactory - The factory which knows all the custom match function which the match engine may use.

resources - The resource manager that may be used by match functions to locate external resources.

licenseProvider - The optional license provider that is used to check if match engine construction is allowed.

Returns:

A match engine instance