Uses of Interface
org.apache.commons.collections.Factory

Packages that use Factory

org.apache.commons.collections	This package contains the interfaces and utilities shared across all the subpackages of this component.
org.apache.commons.collections.functors	This package contains implementations of the Closure, Predicate, Transformer and Factory interfaces.
org.apache.commons.collections.list	This package contains implementations of the List interface.
org.apache.commons.collections.map	This package contains implementations of the Map, IterableMap, OrderedMap and SortedMap interfaces.

Uses of Factory in org.apache.commons.collections

Methods in org.apache.commons.collections that return Factory

static <T> Factory<T>	FactoryUtils.constantFactory(T constantToReturn) Creates a Factory that will return the same object each time the factory is used.
static Factory	FactoryUtils.exceptionFactory() Gets a Factory that always throws an exception.
static <T> Factory<T>	FactoryUtils.instantiateFactory(Class<T> classToInstantiate) Creates a Factory that can create objects of a specific type using a no-args constructor.
static <T> Factory<T>	FactoryUtils.instantiateFactory(Class<T> classToInstantiate, Class[] paramTypes, Object[] args) Creates a Factory that can create objects of a specific type using the arguments specified to this method.
static Factory	FactoryUtils.nullFactory() Gets a Factory that will return null each time the factory is used.
static <T> Factory<T>	FactoryUtils.prototypeFactory(T prototype) Creates a Factory that will return a clone of the same prototype object each time the factory is used.

Methods in org.apache.commons.collections with parameters of type Factory

static <T> Transformer<Object,T>	TransformerUtils.asTransformer(Factory<T> factory) Creates a Transformer that calls a Factory each time the transformer is used.
static <E> List<E>	ListUtils.lazyList(List<E> list, Factory<? extends E> factory) Returns a "lazy" list whose elements will be created on demand.
static <K,V> Map<K,V>	MapUtils.lazyMap(Map<K,V> map, Factory<V> factory) Returns a "lazy" map whose values will be created on demand.
static <K,V> SortedMap<K,V>	MapUtils.lazySortedMap(SortedMap<K,V> map, Factory<V> factory) Returns a "lazy" sorted map whose values will be created on demand.

Uses of Factory in org.apache.commons.collections.functors

Classes in org.apache.commons.collections.functors that implement Factory

class	ConstantFactory<T> Factory implementation that returns the same constant each time.
class	ExceptionFactory<T> Factory implementation that always throws an exception.
class	InstantiateFactory<T> Factory implementation that creates a new object instance by reflection.

Fields in org.apache.commons.collections.functors declared as Factory

static Factory	ExceptionFactory.INSTANCE Singleton predicate instance
static Factory	ConstantFactory.NULL_INSTANCE Returns null each time

Methods in org.apache.commons.collections.functors that return Factory

Factory<T>	FactoryTransformer.getFactory() Gets the factory.
static Factory	ExceptionFactory.getInstance() Factory returning the singleton instance.
static <T> Factory<T>	InstantiateFactory.getInstance(Class<T> classToInstantiate, Class[] paramTypes, Object[] args) Factory method that performs validation.
static <T> Factory<T>	PrototypeFactory.getInstance(T prototype) Factory method that performs validation.
static <T> Factory<T>	ConstantFactory.getInstance(T constantToReturn) Factory method that performs validation.

Methods in org.apache.commons.collections.functors with parameters of type Factory

static <T> Transformer<Object,T>

FactoryTransformer.getInstance(Factory<T> factory) Factory method that performs validation.

Constructors in org.apache.commons.collections.functors with parameters of type Factory

FactoryTransformer(Factory<T> factory)
Constructor that performs no validation.

Uses of Factory in org.apache.commons.collections.list

Fields in org.apache.commons.collections.list declared as Factory

protected Factory<? extends E>

LazyList.factory The factory to use to lazily instantiate the objects

Methods in org.apache.commons.collections.list with parameters of type Factory

static <E> List<E>

LazyList.decorate(List<E> list, Factory<? extends E> factory) Factory method to create a lazily instantiating list.

Constructors in org.apache.commons.collections.list with parameters of type Factory

LazyList(List<E> list, Factory<? extends E> factory)
Constructor that wraps (not copies).

Uses of Factory in org.apache.commons.collections.map

Fields in org.apache.commons.collections.map declared as Factory

protected Factory<V>

LazyMap.factory The factory to use to construct elements

Methods in org.apache.commons.collections.map with parameters of type Factory

static <K,V> Map<K,V>	LazyMap.decorate(Map<K,V> map, Factory<V> factory) Factory method to create a lazily instantiated map.
static <K,V> SortedMap<K,V>	LazySortedMap.decorate(SortedMap<K,V> map, Factory<V> factory) Factory method to create a lazily instantiated sorted map.

Constructors in org.apache.commons.collections.map with parameters of type Factory

LazyMap(Map<K,V> map, Factory<V> factory)
Constructor that wraps (not copies).

LazySortedMap(SortedMap<K,V> map, Factory<V> factory)
Constructor that wraps (not copies).