net.sourceforge.pebble.web.action
Class ActionFactory

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.pebble.web.action.ActionFactory

public class ActionFactory
extends java.lang.Object

A factory class from which to look up and retrieve an instance of an Action class to process a specific request.

Author:

Simon Brown

Constructor Summary

ActionFactory(java.lang.String actionMappingFileName)
Creates a new instance, using the given configuration file.

Method Summary

Action

getAction(java.lang.String name) Given the name/type of request, this method returns the Action instance appropriate to process the request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ActionFactory

public ActionFactory(java.lang.String actionMappingFileName)

Creates a new instance, using the given configuration file.

Method Detail

getAction

public Action getAction(java.lang.String name)
                 throws ActionNotFoundException

Given the name/type of request, this method returns the Action instance appropriate to process the request.

Parameters:

name - the name (type) of the request

Returns:

an instance of Action (could be null if no mapping has been defined)

Throws:

ActionNotFoundException