NAME

VLGal::File::Factory - Vincenzo's little gallery file factory

SYNOPSIS

TODO

ABSTRACT

Vincenzo's little gallery file factory

DESCRIPTION

VLGal::File::Factory is a factory class to create VLGal::File objects.

CONSTRUCTOR

new()

Creates a new VLGal::File::Factory object.

METHODS

create_file(OPT_HASH_REF)

Creates a VLGal::File object based on the type of the file -put together fith options dirname and basename. OPT_HASH_REF is a hash reference used to pass initialization options for the VLGal::File object. On error an exception Error::Simple is thrown.

instance( [ CONSTR_OPT ] )

Always returns the same VLGal::File::Factory -singleton- object instance. The first time it is called, parameters CONSTR_OPT -if specified- are passed to the constructor.

SEE ALSO

VLGal::Directory, VLGal::File, VLGal::File::MMagic, VLGal::Size, VLGal::Style

BUGS

None known (yet.)

HISTORY

First development: September 2003 Last update: October 2003

AUTHOR

Vincenzo Zocca

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2003 by Vincenzo Zocca

LICENSE

This file is part of the VLGal module hierarchy for Perl by Vincenzo Zocca.

The VLGal module hierarchy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

The VLGal module hierarchy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the VLGal module hierarchy; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA