Package com.lexmark.saperion.client.spi

Interface ConnectorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:
ConnectorFactoryImpl
public interface ConnectorFactory
This is the service interface implementations need to register. An instance of ConnectorFactory is able to create a new connector with given configuration values - dependant on the implementation - that is bound to a specific saperion backend.
Author:
jschwarz

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    static ConnectorFactory
    loadConnectorFactory()
    This method is a convenience method to retrieve an implementation of this service interface using the java service loader.
    default Connector
    newConnector()
    This method creates a new connector configured by with default configuration properties.
    Connector
    newConnector(Map<String,String> properties)
    This method creates a new connector configured by the given configuration properties.
    default Connector
    newConnector(Properties properties)
    This method creates a new connector configured by the given configuration properties.

  • Method Details

    • newConnector

      Connector newConnector(Map<String,String> properties)
      This method creates a new connector configured by the given configuration properties.
      Parameters:
      properties - the configuration properties.
      Returns:
      a new connector configured by the given configuration properties

    • newConnector

      default Connector newConnector()
      This method creates a new connector configured by with default configuration properties.
      Returns:
      a new connector configured with default configuration properties

    • newConnector

      default Connector newConnector(Properties properties)
      This method creates a new connector configured by the given configuration properties.
      Parameters:
      properties - the configuration properties.
      Returns:
      a new connector configured by the given configuration properties

    • loadConnectorFactory

      static ConnectorFactory loadConnectorFactory()
      This method is a convenience method to retrieve an implementation of this service interface using the java service loader. It will warn when there are several implementations present and chose a arbitrary one.
      Returns:
      an implementation of this service interface
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - when no implementation of the service interface is present in the classpath