ControllerFactory.java

package games.fighter.billMuenstermanJouster.controller;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import vooga.fighter.view.Canvas;


/**
 * Uses reflection to construct controllers from a
 * .properties file. After subclassing a controller, a dev
 * just needs to add the subclass class name and the name of the controller
 * to FightingManifesto.properties.
 * 
 * @author Jack Matteucci
 * @author Jerry Li
 * 
 */
public class ControllerFactory {

    private String DEFAULT_RESOURCE_PACKAGE = "config.FightingManifesto";
    private static final String PACKAGE_NAME = "controller.levels.";

    private Map<String, Controller> myControllerMap;
    private List<Controller> myControllerList;
    private Canvas myCanvas;
    private ResourceBundle myResources;
    private String myResourceName;
    private String myPackageName;

    /**
     * Constructor - retrieves the resource bundle and constructs the map of
     * controller names (keys) and the controllers (value)
     * 
     * @param frame
     */
    public ControllerFactory (Canvas frame, String pathway) {
        myControllerMap = new HashMap<String, Controller>();
        myControllerList = new ArrayList<Controller>();
        myResourceName = pathway + DEFAULT_RESOURCE_PACKAGE;
        myPackageName = pathway + PACKAGE_NAME;
        myResources = ResourceBundle.getBundle(myResourceName);
        constructControllerMap();
    }

    /**
     * constructs the map of all controllers (value) associated with their names (key)
     */
    public void constructControllerMap () {
        for (String controllerName : myResources.keySet()) {
            Controller current = createController(controllerName);
            myControllerMap.put(current.getName(), current);
        }
    }

    /**
     * constructs a new controller from data in an xml file
     * 
     * @param controllerName
     * @return controller - the controller constructed from the xml
     */
    public Controller createController (String controllerName) {
        Object controllerObject = null;
        Controller controller = null;
        try {
            Class<?> controllerClass = null;
            String filePath = myPackageName + controllerName;
            controllerClass = Class.forName(filePath);
            controllerObject = controllerClass.newInstance();
            controller = (Controller) controllerObject;
            controller.initializeName(myResources.getString(controllerName));

        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            throw new NullPointerException("No such class");
        }
        return controller;
    }

    /**
     * returns the map of names and controllers
     * 
     * @return myControllerMap - map of controller names (key) and controllers (value)
     */
    public Map<String, Controller> getMap () {
        return myControllerMap;
    }

    /**
     * returns the list of all Controllers
     * 
     * @return myControllerList - list of all controllers
     */
    public List getList () {
        return myControllerList;
    }

}