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package org.apereo.portal.groups;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * Creates an instance of the reference <code>IEntityStore</code>.
 *
 */
public class ReferenceEntityStoreFactory implements IEntityStoreFactory {

    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ReferenceEntityStoreFactory.class);

    /** ReferenceGroupServiceFactory constructor. */
    public ReferenceEntityStoreFactory() {
        super();
    }
    /**
     * Return an instance of the entity store implementation.
     *
     * @return IEntityStore
     * @exception GroupsException
     */
    public IEntityStore newEntityStore() throws GroupsException {
        return newInstance();
    }
    /**
     * Return an instance of the entity store implementation.
     *
     * @return IEntityStore
     * @exception GroupsException
     */
    public IEntityStore newInstance() throws GroupsException {
        try {
            return new RDBMEntityStore();
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            log.error("ReferenceEntityStoreFactory.newInstance(): " + ex);
            throw new GroupsException(ex);
        }
    }
}