org.agilewiki.jactor.factory

Class JAFactory

java.lang.Object

org.agilewiki.jactor.lpc.JLPCActor

org.agilewiki.jactor.factory.JAFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Actor, APCRequestSource, RequestProcessor, Factory, RequestSource, TargetActor

public class JAFactory
extends JLPCActor
implements Factory

An actor for defining actor types and creating instances.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.agilewiki.jactor.lpc.JLPCActor

JLPCActor.SMBuilder

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JAFactory()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	defineActorType(String actorType, Class clazz) Bind an actor type to a Class.
static ActorFactory	getActorFactory(Actor actor, String actorType) Returns the requested actor factory.
ActorFactory	getActorFactory(String actorType) Returns the requested actor factory.
static Actor	newActor(Actor actor, String actorType) Creates a new actor.
static Actor	newActor(Actor actor, String actorType, Mailbox mailbox) Creates a new actor.
static Actor	newActor(Actor actor, String actorType, Mailbox mailbox, Actor parent) Creates a new actor.
Actor	newActor(String actorType) Creates a new actor.
Actor	newActor(String actorType, Mailbox mailbox) Creates a new actor.
Actor	newActor(String actorType, Mailbox mailbox, Actor parent) Creates a new actor.
void	registerActorFactory(ActorFactory actorFactory) Register an actor factory.

Methods inherited from class org.agilewiki.jactor.lpc.JLPCActor

acceptEvent, acceptRequest, getActorType, getAncestor, getExceptionHandler, getFactory, getMailbox, getMailboxFactory, getMatch, getParent, hasDataItem, haveEvents, initialize, initialize, initialize, initialize, initialize, requirements, responseFrom, send, send, sendEvent, setExceptionHandler, setInitialBufferCapacity

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.lpc.TargetActor

setExceptionHandler

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.Actor

acceptEvent, acceptRequest, getActorType, getAncestor, getFactory, getMailbox, getMatch, getParent, hasDataItem, setInitialBufferCapacity

Constructor Detail

JAFactory

public JAFactory()

Method Detail

getActorFactory

public static ActorFactory getActorFactory(Actor actor,
                           String actorType)
                                    throws Exception

Returns the requested actor factory.

Parameters:

actor - The actor which is the factory or which has a factory as an ancestor.

actorType - The actor type.

Returns:

The registered actor factory.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

public static Actor newActor(Actor actor,
             String actorType)
                      throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Parameters:

actor - The actor which is the factory or which has a factory as an ancestor.

actorType - The actor type.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

public static Actor newActor(Actor actor,
             String actorType,
             Mailbox mailbox)
                      throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Parameters:

actor - The actor which is the factory or which has a factory as an ancestor.

actorType - The actor type.

mailbox - A mailbox which may be shared with other actors, or null.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

public static Actor newActor(Actor actor,
             String actorType,
             Mailbox mailbox,
             Actor parent)
                      throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Parameters:

actor - The actor which is the factory or which has a factory as an ancestor.

actorType - The actor type.

mailbox - A mailbox which may be shared with other actors, or null.

parent - The parent actor to which unrecognized requests are forwarded, or null.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

public Actor newActor(String actorType)
               throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Specified by:

newActor in interface Factory

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

public Actor newActor(String actorType,
             Mailbox mailbox)
               throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Specified by:

newActor in interface Factory

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

mailbox - A mailbox which may be shared with other actors, or null.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

public Actor newActor(String actorType,
             Mailbox mailbox,
             Actor parent)
               throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Specified by:

newActor in interface Factory

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

mailbox - A mailbox which may be shared with other actors, or null.

parent - The parent actor to which unrecognized requests are forwarded, or null.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception

getActorFactory

public ActorFactory getActorFactory(String actorType)
                             throws Exception

Returns the requested actor factory.

Specified by:

getActorFactory in interface Factory

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

Returns:

The registered actor factory.

Throws:

Exception

defineActorType

public void defineActorType(String actorType,
                   Class clazz)
                     throws Exception

Bind an actor type to a Class.

Specified by:

defineActorType in interface Factory

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

clazz - The class of the actor.

Throws:

Exception

registerActorFactory

public void registerActorFactory(ActorFactory actorFactory)
                          throws Exception

Register an actor factory.

Specified by:

registerActorFactory in interface Factory

Parameters:

actorFactory - An actor factory.

Throws:

Exception