bill.util.persist
Class EntityDataFactory

java.lang.Object
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  +--bill.util.persist.EntityDataFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

EntityDataFactoryConfig, EntityDataFactoryRDBMS

public abstract class EntityDataFactory

extends Object

Generic Factory for entities. It defines a couple methods that specific subclass factories must use.

Field Summary

protected static Object

_connection This variable holds an instance of a class that will allow us access to our persistent store, such as a java.sql.Connection.

Constructor Summary

EntityDataFactory()

Method Summary

static Object	getConnection() Retrieves the connection object's value.
static void	setConnection(Object connection) Set the connection object's value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_connection

protected static Object _connection

This variable holds an instance of a class that will allow us access to our persistent store, such as a java.sql.Connection.

Constructor Detail

EntityDataFactory

public EntityDataFactory()

Method Detail

setConnection

public static void setConnection(Object connection)

Set the connection object's value.

Parameters:

connection - The connection object to use.

getConnection

public static Object getConnection()

Retrieves the connection object's value.

Returns:

The connection object.