AbstractLabeler.java

/*
 * Copyright 2004-2010 Information & Software Engineering Group (188/1)
 *                     Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems
 *                     Vienna University of Technology, Austria
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/dm/somtoolbox/license.html
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 */
package at.tuwien.ifs.somtoolbox.output.labeling;

/**
 * This class provides basic functionality all Labelers can use. Classes providing labelling algortihm implementations
 * are advised to extend this class.
 * 
 * @author Michael Dittenbach
 * @version $Id: AbstractLabeler.java 3583 2010-05-21 10:07:41Z mayer $
 */
public abstract class AbstractLabeler implements Labeler {

    public static Labeler instantiate(String lName) throws ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException,
            IllegalAccessException {
        if (!lName.startsWith("at.tuwien.ifs.somtoolbox.output.labeling.")) {
            lName = "at.tuwien.ifs.somtoolbox.output.labeling." + lName;
        }
        Labeler labeler = null;
        labeler = (Labeler) Class.forName(lName).newInstance();
        return labeler;
    }

}