JavaTM 2 Platform Std. Ed. v1.6.0
javax.naming.spi
Interface ObjectFactoryBuilder
public interface ObjectFactoryBuilder
This interface represents a builder that creates object factories.
The JNDI framework allows for object implementations to
be loaded in dynamically via object factories.
For example, when looking up a printer bound in the name space,
if the print service binds printer names to References, the printer
Reference could be used to create a printer object, so that
the caller of lookup can directly operate on the printer object
after the lookup. An ObjectFactory is responsible for creating
objects of a specific type. JNDI uses a default policy for using
and loading object factories. You can override this default policy
by calling NamingManager.setObjectFactoryBuilder() with an ObjectFactoryBuilder,
which contains the program-defined way of creating/loading
object factories.
Any ObjectFactoryBuilder implementation must implement this
interface that for creating object factories.
- Since:
- 1.3
- See Also:
ObjectFactory ,
NamingManager.getObjectInstance(java.lang.Object, javax.naming.Name, javax.naming.Context, java.util.Hashtable, ?>) ,
NamingManager.setObjectFactoryBuilder(javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactoryBuilder)
createObjectFactory
ObjectFactory createObjectFactory(Object obj,
Hashtable<?,?> environment)
throws NamingException
- Creates a new object factory using the environment supplied.
The environment parameter is owned by the caller.
The implementation will not modify the object or keep a reference
to it, although it may keep a reference to a clone or copy.
- Parameters:
obj - The possibly null object for which to create a factory.environment - Environment to use when creating the factory.
Can be null.
- Returns:
- A non-null new instance of an ObjectFactory.
- Throws:
NamingException - If an object factory cannot be created.
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