ChromosomeTypeLoader.java

package bsearch.representations;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;

import bsearch.app.BehaviorSearchException;
import bsearch.util.GeneralUtils;

public class ChromosomeTypeLoader {

	
	public static ChromosomeFactory createFromName(String chromosomeName) throws BehaviorSearchException
	{
		String chromosomeFactoryClassName = chromosomeName;
		if (!chromosomeFactoryClassName.contains("."))
		{
			// A bit of Java voodoo to find an inner class, so we can dynamically instantiate a factory...
			// (To be honest, we probably shouldn't be using inner classes, since this seems like a bit of a hack...)
			//  ~Forrest (10/1/2009)
			chromosomeFactoryClassName = "bsearch.representations." + chromosomeFactoryClassName + "$Factory";
		}
		ChromosomeFactory factory;
		try {
			factory = (ChromosomeFactory) Class.forName(chromosomeFactoryClassName).newInstance();
		}
		catch (Exception ex)
		{
			System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
			ex.printStackTrace();
			throw new BehaviorSearchException("Failed to find/load ChromosomeFactory from Java class: " + chromosomeFactoryClassName );
		}
		return factory;
	}
	
	public static List<String> getAllChromosomeTypes() throws BehaviorSearchException
	{
		Scanner scanner;
		try {
			scanner = new Scanner(GeneralUtils.getResource("ChromosomeTypeList.txt"));
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			throw new BehaviorSearchException("Error loading list of Chromosome class names: File 'ChromosomeTypeList.txt' couldn't be found.");
		}
		
		LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
		
		while ( scanner.hasNextLine() )
		{
			String s = scanner.nextLine();
			if (s.trim().length() > 0)
			{
				list.add(s);			
			}
		}
		scanner.close();
		return list;
	}
}