Package com.github.jamesross03.pop_parser.utils

Class RecordFactory<T extends Record>

java.lang.Object

com.github.jamesross03.pop_parser.utils.RecordFactory<T>

Type Parameters:

T - subclass of Record abstract class

Direct Known Subclasses:

BirthRecordFactory

public abstract class RecordFactory<T extends Record>
extends Object

Abstract factory class for making objects of Record subclass T from a line of CSV input.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final RecordFormat	format	Structure of records being input.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RecordFactory(RecordFormat format)	Instialises a new instance of a RecordFactory subclass for use with a given RecordFormat instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract T	makeRecord(Map<String,String> entry)	Takes a map of attribute names and their corresponding values, representing a line read in from a record file, and uses them to create a new Record object of subclass T.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

format

protected final RecordFormat format

Structure of records being input.

Constructor Details

RecordFactory

public RecordFactory(RecordFormat format)

Instialises a new instance of a RecordFactory subclass for use with a given RecordFormat instance.

Parameters:

format - record format to use

Method Details

makeRecord

public abstract T makeRecord(Map<String,String> entry)

Takes a map of attribute names and their corresponding values, representing a line read in from a record file, and uses them to create a new Record object of subclass T.

Parameters:

entry - Map of <key, value> pairs from a line of input

Returns:

generated T instance