Ice

Interface ObjectFactory

public interface ObjectFactory

A factory for objects. Object factories are used in several places, for example, when receiving "objects by value" and when Freeze restores a persistent object. Object factories must be implemented by the application writer, and registered with the communicator.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static long	serialVersionUID

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	create(java.lang.String type) Create a new object for a given object type.
void	destroy() Called when the factory is removed from the communicator, or if the communicator is destroyed.

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

create

Object create(java.lang.String type)

Create a new object for a given object type. The type is the absolute Slice type id, i.e., the id relative to the unnamed top-level Slice module. For example, the absolute Slice type id for interfaces of type Bar in the module Foo is "::Foo::Bar". The leading "::" is required.

Parameters:

type - The object type.

Returns:

The object created for the given type, or nil if the factory is unable to create the object.

destroy

void destroy()

Called when the factory is removed from the communicator, or if the communicator is destroyed.

See Also:

Communicator.destroy()