com.dlsc.flexgantt.swing.layer

Class DefaultLayerFactory

java.lang.Object

com.dlsc.flexgantt.swing.layer.DefaultLayerFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ILayerFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

MacLayerFactory

public class DefaultLayerFactory
extends Object
implements ILayerFactory

A layer factory implementation. For more information read the comments inside the implemented ILayerFactory interface. The factory implements the singleton pattern.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

Dirk Lemmermann

See Also:

AbstractLayer, AbstractSystemLayer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	DefaultLayerFactory() Constructs a new factory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AbstractCustomLayer	createCustomLayer(LayerContainer lc, ILayer layer) The default layer factory implementation does not know about any custom layers and will always return a placeholder instance if a layer returned by the Gantt chart model indicates that it is a custom layer.
<T extends AbstractSystemLayer> T	createSystemLayer(LayerContainer lc, Class<T> layerType) Creates a new system layer.
TimelineObjectLayer	createTimelineLayer(LayerContainer lc, ILayer layer) Creates a new timeline object layer to be used for rendering timeline objects.
static ILayerFactory	getInstance() Returns a factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultLayerFactory

protected DefaultLayerFactory()

Constructs a new factory. The constructor is protected because the class implements the singleton pattern.

Since:

1.0

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ILayerFactory getInstance()

Returns a factory.

Returns:

a singleton layer factory

Since:

1.0

createSystemLayer

public <T extends AbstractSystemLayer> T createSystemLayer(LayerContainer lc,
                                                           Class<T> layerType)

Description copied from interface: ILayerFactory

Creates a new system layer. The creation of all system layer types must be supported (all subclasses of AbstractSystemLayer).

Specified by:

createSystemLayer in interface ILayerFactory

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the system layer

Parameters:

lc - the layer container, which will manage the layer

layerType - the system layer class

Returns:

a system layer user interface component

createTimelineLayer

public TimelineObjectLayer createTimelineLayer(LayerContainer lc,
                                               ILayer layer)

Description copied from interface: ILayerFactory

Creates a new timeline object layer to be used for rendering timeline objects.

Specified by:

createTimelineLayer in interface ILayerFactory

Parameters:

lc - the layer container, which will manage the layer

layer - the layer model information

Returns:

either a timeline layer or a custom layer

See Also:

ILayerFactory.createCustomLayer(LayerContainer, ILayer)

createCustomLayer

public AbstractCustomLayer createCustomLayer(LayerContainer lc,
                                             ILayer layer)

The default layer factory implementation does not know about any custom layers and will always return a placeholder instance if a layer returned by the Gantt chart model indicates that it is a custom layer.

Specified by:

createCustomLayer in interface ILayerFactory

Parameters:

lc - the layer container, which will manage the layer

layer - the layer model information

Returns:

a custom layer

Since:

1.0

See Also:

ILayer.isCustomLayer()