01: /*
02: * Copyright (C) 2004 NNL Technology AB
03: * Visit www.infonode.net for information about InfoNode(R)
04: * products and how to contact NNL Technology AB.
05: *
06: * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
07: * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
08: * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
09: * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10: *
11: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14: * GNU General Public License for more details.
15: *
16: * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17: * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
18: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
19: * MA 02111-1307, USA.
20: */
21:
22: // $Id: PropertyMapFactory.java,v 1.3 2004/08/27 18:53:37 jesper Exp $
23: package net.infonode.properties.propertymap;
24:
25: /**
26: * Contains factory methods for {@link PropertyMap}.
27: *
28: * @author $Author: jesper $
29: * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
30: */
31: public class PropertyMapFactory {
32: private PropertyMapFactory() {
33: }
34:
35: /**
36: * Creates a property map that can contain values for properties in the given property group.
37: *
38: * @param propertyGroup the property group
39: * @return a new property map
40: */
41: public static PropertyMap create(PropertyMapGroup propertyGroup) {
42: return new PropertyMapImpl(propertyGroup);
43: }
44:
45: /**
46: * Creates a property map with the same property group as <tt>inheritFrom</tt>.
47: * <tt>inheritFrom</tt> is added as a super map to the created property map.
48: *
49: * @param inheritFrom the super map
50: * @return a new property map
51: */
52: public static PropertyMap create(PropertyMap inheritFrom) {
53: return new PropertyMapImpl((PropertyMapImpl) inheritFrom);
54: }
55: }
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