UMMF::Core::Factory - Defines a factory for model construction.
use UMMF::Core::Factory;
$factory = UMMF::Core::Factory->new('classMap' => ...,
);
$factory->create('SomeClassName', ...);
$factory->createInstance('SomeClassName', ...);
None exported.
Kurt Stephens, kstephens@users.sourceforge.net 2003/04/06
$Revision: 1.14 $
my $map = $self->classMap;
Returns a hash that maps names to Perl package names.
If $self->{'classMap'} is a SCALAR, $self->{'classMap'} = $self->{'classMap'}->factory_map is performed, loading the class map from a package's factory_map method..
If $self->{'classMap'} is an ARRAY, the ARRAY is transformed into a hash. In this case, colliding $names will have concatenated package names that should cause $self->class($name) to fail.
my $pkg = $self->class($name, @args);
Returns the Perl package for the Classifier named $name.
The Perl package is dynamically loaded, if necessary.
Called by create and create_instance.
my $obj = $self->create_instance($name, @args);
Creates a new instance of the class named $name, via $pkg->__new_instance(@args).
This creates a new uninitialized object.
my $obj = $self->create($name, @args);
Creates a new initialized instance of the class named $name, via $pkg->new(@args).
$self->flush($kind);
Called by UMMF::Core::Builder for each $kind of object created during Model construction.
Subclasses may override this method.
