pl.edu.agh.cast.data.persistence
Interface IPersistenceProviderFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPersistenceProviderFactory, RuntimePersistenceProviderFactory, SerializationPersistenceProviderFactory, ZLayerPersistenceProviderFactory

public interface IPersistenceProviderFactory

Interface of persistence provider factory.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

See Also:

IPersistenceProvider

Method Summary

IPersistenceProvider	createPersistenceProvider(String filePath) Creates a new instance of persistence provider.
String	getPersistenceFilePath() Returns the path to the persistence provider configuration or storage file.
String	getProviderId() Returns the ID of the provider.

Method Detail

getProviderId

String getProviderId()

Returns the ID of the provider.

Returns:

provider ID

createPersistenceProvider

IPersistenceProvider createPersistenceProvider(String filePath)
                                               throws PersistenceException

Creates a new instance of persistence provider.

Parameters:

filePath - the path to configuration/storage file for the provider

Returns:

a new instance of persistence provider

Throws:

PersistenceException - if provider could not be created

getPersistenceFilePath

String getPersistenceFilePath()

Returns the path to the persistence provider configuration or storage file. The path is relative to the project path.

Returns:

the path to the persistence file