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+<?php
+/**
+ * A cache factory
+ *
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@ship-simu.org>
+ * @version 0.0.0
+ * @copyright Copyright(c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, this is free software
+ * @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
+ * @link http://www.ship-simu.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+class CacheFactory extends BaseFactory {
+ /**
+ * Singleton instance
+ */
+ private static $selfInstance = null;
+
+ /**
+ * Protected constructor
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ protected function __construct () {
+ // Call parent constructor
+ parent::__construct(__CLASS__);
+
+ // Set object description
+ $this->setObjectDescription("Factory for cache objects");
+
+ // Create unique ID number
+ $this->createUniqueID();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Singleton getter for this class
+ *
+ * @return $selfInstance An instance of this class
+ */
+ public final static function getFactory () {
+ // Is the instance null?
+ if (is_null(self::$selfInstance)) {
+ // Set a new one
+ self::$selfInstance = new CacheFactory();
+ }
+
+ // Return the instance
+ return self::$selfInstance;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a configured cache instance
+ *
+ * @return $cacheInstance An instance of the configured cache
+ */
+ public function createConfiguredCache () {
+ // Read the config entry
+ $cacheType = $this->getConfigInstance()->readConfig("cache_type");
+
+ // And get a new instance
+ $cacheInstance = ObjectFactory::createObjectByName($cacheType);
+
+ // Return the instance
+ return $cacheInstance;
+ }
+}
+
+// [EOF]
+?>