org.apache.torque.adapter
Class DBFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.torque.adapter.DBFactory

public class DBFactory

extends java.lang.Object

This class creates different DB objects based on specified JDBC driver name.

Version:

$Id: DBFactory.java,v 1.35.2.2 2004/05/20 04:35:15 seade Exp $

Author:

Frank Y. Kim, Jon S. Stevens, Brett McLaughlin, Ralf Stranzenbach, Daniel Rall

Constructor Summary

DBFactory()

Method Summary

static DB

create(java.lang.String driver) Creates a new instance of the Torque database adapter associated with the specified JDBC driver or adapter key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DBFactory

public DBFactory()

Method Detail

create

public static DB create(java.lang.String driver)
                 throws java.lang.InstantiationException

Creates a new instance of the Torque database adapter associated with the specified JDBC driver or adapter key.

Parameters:

driver - The fully-qualified name of the JDBC driver to create a new adapter instance for or a shorter form adapter key.

Returns:

An instance of a Torque database adapter.

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException - throws if the JDBC driver could not be instantiated