org.pentaho.chart.plugin
Class ChartPluginFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.pentaho.chart.plugin.ChartPluginFactory

public class ChartPluginFactory
extends Object

Author:

wseyler This is a factory class that returns the desired implementation of IChartPlugin based either on the chart.properties document or on the requested class.

Method Summary

static IChartPlugin	getInstance() Creates an instance of the IChartPlugin as defined in the chart.properties document if one doesn't already exist.
static IChartPlugin	getInstance(String className) Returns an instance of the IChartPlugin from the className.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static IChartPlugin getInstance()
                                throws ChartProcessingException

Creates an instance of the IChartPlugin as defined in the chart.properties document if one doesn't already exist. If one exists it will return that one.

Returns:

an implementation of the IChartPlugin

Throws:

ChartProcessingException

getInstance

public static IChartPlugin getInstance(String className)
                                throws ChartProcessingException

Returns an instance of the IChartPlugin from the className. Logs errors and returns null if the class couldn't be created.

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

Throws:

ChartProcessingException