de.intarsys.tools.locator
Interface ILocatorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsoluteFileLocatorLookup, AbstractLocatorLookup, DelegatingLocatorLookup, FileLocatorFactory, LocatorBasedLookup, MappedLocatorLookup, SearchPathLocatorLookup

public interface ILocatorFactory

A factory for ILocator objects.

Method Summary

ILocator

createLocator(java.lang.String location) Create a ILocator object.

Method Detail

createLocator

ILocator createLocator(java.lang.String location)
                       throws java.io.IOException

Create a ILocator object.

path may for example define a file in the file system.

Parameters:

location - The fully qualified location definition.

Returns:

The ILocator object created from the location.

Throws:

java.io.IOException