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package org.apache.oodt.cas.metadata.util;
//OODT imports
import org.apache.oodt.cas.metadata.MetExtractor;
//JDK imports
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
/**
* @author mattmann
* @version $Revision$
*
* <p>
* A generic object factory for Metadata framework objects.
* </p>.
*/
public final class GenericMetadataObjectFactory {
/* our log stream */
private final static Logger LOG = Logger
.getLogger(GenericMetadataObjectFactory.class.getName());
public static MetExtractor getMetExtractorFromClassName(String className) {
Class metExtractorClass = null;
MetExtractor extractor = null;
try {
metExtractorClass = Class.forName(className);
extractor = (MetExtractor) metExtractorClass.newInstance();
return extractor;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
"ClassNotFoundException when loading met extractor class "
+ className + " Message: " + e.getMessage());
} catch (InstantiationException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
"InstantiationException when loading met extractor class "
+ className + " Message: " + e.getMessage());
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
"IllegalAccessException when loading met extractor class "
+ className + " Message: " + e.getMessage());
}
return null;
}
}