ch.sahits.game.openpatrician.model.city
Class CityFactory

java.lang.Object
  ch.sahits.game.openpatrician.model.city.CityFactory

public class CityFactory
extends Object

Factory class for the cities of the game.

Author:

Andi Hotz, (c) Sahits GmbH, 2011 Created on Sep 16, 2011

Field Summary

private static ConcurrentHashMap<String,ICity>

createdCityCache Cache storing the already created cities to avoid duplicate creation

Constructor Summary

CityFactory()

Method Summary

static ICity	createCityByName(ECityName cityName) Create a standard city based on its unique identification
static ICity	createCityByName(String cityName) Create a standard city based on its name
private static ICity	createIfNotStroed(ECityName name) Retrieve the city from the cache or create the city and put it there.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

createdCityCache

private static ConcurrentHashMap<String,ICity> createdCityCache

Cache storing the already created cities to avoid duplicate creation

Constructor Detail

CityFactory

public CityFactory()

Method Detail

createCityByName

public static ICity createCityByName(String cityName)
                              throws IOException

Create a standard city based on its name

Parameters:

cityName -

Returns:

Instance of the city

Throws:

IOException - Error reading the city properties

createCityByName

public static ICity createCityByName(ECityName cityName)
                              throws IOException

Create a standard city based on its unique identification

Parameters:

cityName -

Returns:

Instance of the city

Throws:

IOException - Error reading the city properties

createIfNotStroed

private static ICity createIfNotStroed(ECityName name)
                                throws IOException

Retrieve the city from the cache or create the city and put it there.

Parameters:

name - city name should not be null.

Returns:

city instance of null if the name is null

Throws:

IOException - Error reading the city properties