org.progeeks.meta
Interface MetaObjectFactory

public interface MetaObjectFactory

Interface that meta-object implementations can implement to provide toolkit-specific meta-object creation. This is useful to for allowing the generic ui/application to create new objects that will be used as values for meta-object valued fields.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Paul Speed

Method Summary

MetaObject

createMetaObject(MetaClass mClass) Attempts to create an uninitialized MetaObject of the specified MetaClass.

Method Detail

createMetaObject

MetaObject createMetaObject(MetaClass mClass)
                            throws MetaObjectInstantiationException

Attempts to create an uninitialized MetaObject of the specified MetaClass. This is highly dependent on the meta-kit and underlying representations.

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if this MetaKit does not support MetaObject instantiation.

MetaObjectInstantiationException - if there was an error creating the new MetaObject.