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* $Date: 2006-09-15 13:41:38 -0700 (Fri, 15 Sep 2006) $
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* This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
* individuals on behalf of the Jaxen Project and was originally
* created by bob mcwhirter <bob@werken.com> and
* James Strachan <jstrachan@apache.org>. For more information on the
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* $Id: XPathReaderFactory.java 1193 2006-09-15 20:41:38Z elharo $
*/
package org.jaxen.saxpath.helpers;
import org.jaxen.saxpath.SAXPathException;
import org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathReader;
/** Create an {@link org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathReader} from
* either a system property, or a named class.
*
* <p>
* Similar to the SAX API, the <code>XPathReaderFactory</code>
* can create an <code>XPathReader</code> from a name of a
* class passed in directly, or by inspecting the system
* property <code>org.saxpath.driver</code>.
*
* @author bob mcwhirter (bob@werken.com)
*/
public class XPathReaderFactory
{
/** The <code>org.saxpath.driver</code> property name. */
public static final String DRIVER_PROPERTY = "org.saxpath.driver";
/** The default driver to use if none is configured. */
protected static final String DEFAULT_DRIVER = "org.jaxen.saxpath.base.XPathReader";
private XPathReaderFactory() {}
/** Create an <code>XPathReader</code> using the value of
* the <code>org.saxpath.driver</code> system property.
*
* @return an instance of the <code>XPathReader</code> specified
* by the <code>org.saxpath.driver</code> property
*
* @throws SAXPathException if the property is not set, or if
* the class can not be instantiated for some reason,
* or if the class doesn't implement the <code>XPathReader</code>
* interface
*/
public static XPathReader createReader() throws SAXPathException
{
String className = null;
try
{
className = System.getProperty( DRIVER_PROPERTY );
}
catch (SecurityException e)
{
// we'll use the default
}
if ( className == null
||
className.length() == 0 )
{
className = DEFAULT_DRIVER;
}
return createReader( className );
}
/** Create an <code>XPathReader</code> using the passed
* in class name.
*
* @param className the name of the class that implements
* the <code>XPathReader</code> interface.
*
* @return an XPathReader
*
* @throws SAXPathException if the class cannot be
* instantiated for some reason, or if the
* class doesn't implement the <code>XPathReader</code>
* interface
*/
public static XPathReader createReader(String className) throws SAXPathException
{
Class readerClass = null;
XPathReader reader = null;
try
{
// Use the full version of Class.forName(), so as to
// work better in sandboxed environments, such as
// servlet containers and applets.
readerClass = Class.forName( className,
true,
XPathReaderFactory.class.getClassLoader() );
// Double-check that it's actually the right kind of class
// before attempting instantiation.
if ( ! XPathReader.class.isAssignableFrom( readerClass ) )
{
throw new SAXPathException( "Class [" + className
+ "] does not implement the org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathReader interface." );
}
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
{
throw new SAXPathException( e );
}
try
{
reader = (XPathReader) readerClass.newInstance();
}
catch (IllegalAccessException e)
{
throw new SAXPathException( e );
}
catch (InstantiationException e)
{
throw new SAXPathException( e );
}
return reader;
}
}