com.ibm.commerce.context.base

Interface BusinessContextFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBusinessContextFactory, com.ibm.commerce.context.factory.SimpleBusinessContextFactory, TaskContextFactory

public interface BusinessContextFactory

Defines a business context factory.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	COPYRIGHT IBM copyright notice field.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ContextSPI	createContextSPI(ActivityToken token, com.ibm.commerce.component.contextservice.ActivityData initData) Creates a service provider interface object for the context associated with a given activity and initialization data.
void	destroyContextSPI(ContextSPI ctxSPI) Returns a given context service provider interface object to the pool.

Field Detail

COPYRIGHT

static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT

IBM copyright notice field.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

createContextSPI

ContextSPI createContextSPI(ActivityToken token,
                            com.ibm.commerce.component.contextservice.ActivityData initData)

Creates a service provider interface object for the context associated with a given activity and initialization data. As there could be more than one context implementation, uses the initialization data to determine the implementation class to use. The service provider interface object is retrieved from the pool of context service provider interface objects.

Parameters:

token - the token of the activity that the context is to be associated with

initData - the data that will determine which implementation class to use. If the factory class is not attribute-based, this parameter is ignored.

Returns:

the service provider interface object

destroyContextSPI

void destroyContextSPI(ContextSPI ctxSPI)

Returns a given context service provider interface object to the pool.

Parameters:

ctxSPI - the service provider interface object to be returned