EntityParserFactory.java

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package org.apache.falcon.entity.parser;

import org.apache.falcon.entity.v0.EntityType;

/**
 * Factory Class which returns the Parser based on the EntityType.
 */
public final class EntityParserFactory {

    private EntityParserFactory() {
    }

    /**
     * Tie EnityType with the Entity Class in one place so that it can be
     * unmarshalled easily by concrete classes based on the class type using
     * JAXB.
     *
     * @param entityType - entity type
     * @return concrete parser based on entity type
     */
    public static EntityParser getParser(final EntityType entityType) {

        switch (entityType) {
        case PROCESS:
            return new ProcessEntityParser();
        case FEED:
            return new FeedEntityParser();
        case CLUSTER:
            return new ClusterEntityParser();
        default:
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unhandled entity type: " + entityType);
        }
    }

}