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package org.codehaus.groovy.control;

import org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPluginFactory;

/**
 * A factory of parser plugin instances
 *
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public abstract class ParserPluginFactory {
    public static ParserPluginFactory newInstance(boolean useNewParser) {
        if (useNewParser) {
            Class type = null;
            String name = "org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPluginFactory";
            try {
                type = Class.forName(name);
            }
            catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                try {
                    type = ParserPluginFactory.class.getClassLoader().loadClass(name);
                }
                catch (ClassNotFoundException e1) {
                    ClassLoader contextClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
                    if (contextClassLoader != null) {
                        try {
                            type = contextClassLoader.loadClass(name);
                        }
                        catch (ClassNotFoundException e2) {
                            // ignore
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            if (type != null) {
                try {
                    return (ParserPluginFactory) type.newInstance();
                }
                catch (Exception e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException("Could not create AntlrParserPluginFactory: " + e, e);
                }
            }
            // can't find Antlr parser, so lets use the Classic one
        }
        return new AntlrParserPluginFactory();
    }

    public abstract ParserPlugin createParserPlugin();
}