3 * A news factory for web pages
5 * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@ship-simu.org>
7 * @copyright Copyright(c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, this is free software
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9 * @link http://www.ship-simu.org
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24 class NewsFactory extends BaseFactory {
26 * Instance of a request class
28 private $requestInstance = null;
31 * Protected constructor
35 protected function __construct () {
36 // Call parent constructor
37 parent::__construct(__CLASS__);
39 // Set part description
40 $this->setObjectDescription("News-Fabrik für Webseiten");
44 * Singleton getter for a special factory instance depending on the given
47 * @param $requestInstance An instance of a request class
48 * @return $factoryInstance An instance of a NewsFactory class
50 public final static function createFactoryByRequest (Requestable $requestInstance) {
51 // Generate the new instance
52 $factoryInstance = new NewsFactory();
54 // Get the element name from configuration
55 $element = FrameworkConfiguration::getInstance()->readConfig('app_selector_get');
57 // Analyze the request, first get the Uni* application name (short one from URL)
58 $appName = $requestInstance->getRequestElement($element);
60 // Initialize some variables
62 $className2 = $appName;
64 // Then construct the class name
65 foreach (array("_", "-") as $exp) {
66 $array = explode($exp, $className2);
67 foreach ($array as $el) {
68 $className .= ucfirst(strtolower($el));
71 // Copy it back and clear the class name
72 $className2 = $className;
76 // After all is done, copy it back and add this class' name
77 $className = $className2 . $factoryInstance->__toString();
79 // Once we have that name, try to load initialize it
80 $realFactoryInstance = ObjectFactory::createObjectByName($className);
82 // And assign it with the factory
83 $factoryInstance->setRealFactoryInstance($realFactoryInstance);
85 // Remember the request we have used for later usage
86 $factoryInstance->setRequestInstance($requestInstance);
88 // Return the prepared factory instance
89 return $factoryInstance;
93 * Setter for the request instance
95 * @param $requestInstance An instance of a request object
98 public final function setRequestInstance (Requestable $requestInstance) {
99 $this->requestInstance = $requestInstance;
103 * Creates a new object instance and returns it
105 * @return $newsInstance An instance of a news object
107 public function createNewsObject () {
108 // Ask the real factory class for doing this
109 $newsInstance = $this->getRealFactoryInstance()->createNewObject($this->requestInstance);
112 return $newsInstance;