com.huguesjohnson.tiamat.graphics
Class MapFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.huguesjohnson.tiamat.graphics.MapFactory

public abstract class MapFactory
extends java.lang.Object

MapFactory - Abstract factory to select an appropriate Map for a given file

Author:

Hugues Johnson

Constructor Summary

MapFactory()

Method Summary

static Map

load(java.lang.String path, Formatter formatter) Chooses an appropriate Map for the given file and loads it, throws UnsupportedMapException if one can not be found.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MapFactory

public MapFactory()

Method Detail

load

public static final Map load(java.lang.String path,
                             Formatter formatter)
                      throws UnsupportedMapException

Chooses an appropriate Map for the given file and loads it, throws UnsupportedMapException if one can not be found.

Parameters:

path - The path of the Map to load.

formatter - The Formatted used to deserialize the Map.

Returns:

A deserialized instance of Map.

Throws:

UnsupportedMapException - If the file can not be deserialized.