com.luciad.datamodel

LuciadLightspeedInterface ILcdDataObjectFactory

public interface ILcdDataObjectFactory

Interface that provides a mechanism to control the creation of new instances for types of a certain data model.

Since:

10.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ILcdDataObject	newInstance(TLcdDataType aType) Creates a new data object for the given type.

Method Detail

newInstance

ILcdDataObject newInstance(TLcdDataType aType)

Creates a new data object for the given type. The type is required to be a data object type that is not abstract. aType.isInstance( newInstance( aType ) ) should always return true. If no instance can be created, null should be returned.

Parameters:

aType - the type for which to create a new instance

Returns:

a new data object for the given type