InstanceCreator.java

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package com.aptana.ide.parsing.eclipse;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;

/**
 * @author Kevin Lindsey
 */
class InstanceCreator
{
	/**
	 * element
	 */
	public IConfigurationElement element;

	/**
	 * attributeName
	 */
	public String attributeName;

	private Object _cachedInstance;

	/**
	 * InstanceCreator
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 * @param attributeName
	 */
	public InstanceCreator(IConfigurationElement element, String attributeName)
	{
		this.element = element;
		this.attributeName = attributeName;
	}

	/**
	 * clearCache
	 * 
	 * @param cacheValue
	 */
	public void setCache(Object cacheValue)
	{
		this._cachedInstance = cacheValue;
	}

	/**
	 * createInstance
	 * 
	 * @return Object or null
	 */
	public Object createInstance()
	{
		try
		{
			return element.createExecutableExtension(this.attributeName);
		}
		catch (CoreException e)
		{
			Activator.getDefault().getLog().log(e.getStatus());
		}
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * createCachedInstance
	 * 
	 * @return Object or null
	 */
	public Object getCachedInstance()
	{
		if (this._cachedInstance == null)
		{
			this._cachedInstance = this.createInstance();
		}

		return this._cachedInstance;
	}
}