com.heckmansoft.surjey.controller.action
Class ActionFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.heckmansoft.surjey.controller.action.ActionFactory

public class ActionFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Constructs action instances using action.properties file. Based upon the "Factory" design pattern.

Method Summary

Action	newAction(java.lang.String actionName) Constructs the appropriate action object, given an action name.
static ActionFactory	newInstance(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config) Create an action factory for the given config.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newInstance

public static ActionFactory newInstance(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config)
                                 throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Create an action factory for the given config.

Parameters:

config - used to find action.properties file.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

newAction

public Action newAction(java.lang.String actionName)
                 throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Constructs the appropriate action object, given an action name.

Parameters:

actionName - Name of action to instantiate.

Returns:

an instance of a subclass of SurjeyAction.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException