net.fortuna.ical4j.model

Class ComponentFactory

java.lang.Object

net.fortuna.ical4j.model.ComponentFactory

public final class ComponentFactory
extends java.lang.Object

$Id$ [05-Apr-2004] A factory for creating iCalendar components. Note that if relaxed parsing is enabled (via specifying the system property: icalj.parsing.relaxed=true) illegal component names are allowed.

Author:

Ben Fortuna

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected boolean	allowIllegalNames()
Component	createComponent(java.lang.String name)
Component	createComponent(java.lang.String name, PropertyList properties) Creates a component.
Component	createComponent(java.lang.String name, PropertyList properties, ComponentList components) Creates a component which contains sub-components.
static ComponentFactory	getInstance()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ComponentFactory getInstance()

Returns:

Returns the instance.

createComponent

public Component createComponent(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name - a component name

Returns:

a new component instance of the specified type

createComponent

public Component createComponent(java.lang.String name,
                        PropertyList properties)

Creates a component.

Parameters:

name - name of the component

properties - a list of component properties

Returns:

a component

createComponent

public Component createComponent(java.lang.String name,
                        PropertyList properties,
                        ComponentList components)

Creates a component which contains sub-components. Currently the only such component is VTIMEZONE.

Parameters:

name - name of the component

properties - a list of component properties

components - a list of sub-components (namely standard/daylight timezones)

Returns:

a component

allowIllegalNames

protected boolean allowIllegalNames()

Returns:

true if non-standard names are allowed, otherwise false