lempinen.neatseeker.core
Class WeighterFactory

java.lang.Object
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public class WeighterFactory

extends java.lang.Object

A Factory that churns out Weighters.

The static method getWeighter is used for requesting a suitable Weighter from the factory.

Based on the Configuration object and its neatseeker.ir.weighter property, the factory determines the type of Weighter it should create.

The default configuration file etc/NeatSeeker.properties shows how to configure different Weighters for the factory.

Version:

$Id: WeighterFactory.java,v 1.1 2000/09/25 20:22:14 lempinen Exp $

Constructor Summary

WeighterFactory()

Method Summary

static Weighter

getWeighter(Configuration conf, Repository repository, Statistics statistics) Creates and initialises a Weighter based on the Configuration object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WeighterFactory

public WeighterFactory()

Method Detail

getWeighter

public static Weighter getWeighter(Configuration conf,
                                   Repository repository,
                                   Statistics statistics)

Creates and initialises a Weighter based on the Configuration object.

The method also requires Repository and Statistics objects for initialising the weighter.