StoreFactory.java

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package org.verisign.joid;

import org.verisign.joid.util.DependencyUtils;


/**
 * Creates stores. JOID comes with the {@link org.verisign.joid.db.DbStore}.
 */
public class StoreFactory
{
    private StoreFactory(){}

    /**
     * Returns whether the store type is implemented. 
     *
     * @param storeType the type to check.
     * @return true if the store type is implemented; false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean hasType(String storeType)
    {
	return "db".equals(storeType);
    }


    /**
     * Gets a store implementation. 
     *
     * @param className the class name of the store to instantiate.
     * @return the store.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the class doesn't exist or is
     *  not a store type.
     */
    public static Store getInstance(String className)
    {
	    return (Store) DependencyUtils.newInstance(className);
    }


    /**
     * Gets a database store implementation of type 
     * {@link org.verisign.joid.db.DbStore}.
     *
     * @return the database store.
     */
    /*public static Store getDbInstance()
    {
	return DbStore.getInstance();
    }*/
}