ds.funnel.traffic.factory

Class PacketGeneratorFactory

java.lang.Object

ds.funnel.traffic.factory.PacketGeneratorFactory

public class PacketGeneratorFactory
extends java.lang.Object

PacketGeneratorFactory creates PacketGenerators of the appropriate concrete types based upon ComponentSpecifications.

Author:

Kira Lindburg

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PacketGeneratorFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PacketGenerator	createPacketGenerator(ComponentSpecification specification) Creates a new PacketGenerator following the provided ComponentSpecification, if the specification is valid (has the correct main and specific type identifiers for a recognized packet generator type, and has valid parameters for the specified packet generator).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PacketGeneratorFactory

public PacketGeneratorFactory()

Method Detail

createPacketGenerator

public static PacketGenerator createPacketGenerator(ComponentSpecification specification)

Creates a new PacketGenerator following the provided ComponentSpecification, if the specification is valid (has the correct main and specific type identifiers for a recognized packet generator type, and has valid parameters for the specified packet generator).

Parameters:

specification - a ComponentSpecification containing the data needed to create the desired packet generator

Returns:

a new PacketGenerator of the appropriate concrete class specified by the specific type identifier in the specification, and initialized with the parameters provided

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the types or parameters are invalid