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 WebNewsFactory 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("Factory for webpages with news");
42 // Create unique ID number
43 $this->generateUniqueId();
47 * Singleton getter for a special factory instance depending on the given
50 * @param $requestInstance An instance of a request class
51 * @return $factoryInstance An instance of a WebNewsFactory class
53 public final static function createFactoryByRequest (Requestable $requestInstance) {
54 // Get the news reader class name from config
55 $className = $requestInstance->getConfigInstance()->readConfig('news_reader_class');
57 // Once we have that name, try to load initialize it
58 $newsInstance = ObjectFactory::createObjectByName($className, array($requestInstance));
60 // Initialize the reader
61 $newsInstance->initializeReader();
63 // Return the prepared factory instance