/*
 * Moonlight|3D Copyright (C) 2006 The Moonlight|3D team
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
 * details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 * 
 * Created on May 27, 2006
 */
package ml.core.helper;

/**
 * A default factory implementation. This factory takes a java.lang.Class
 * object for the type that it should instantiate and a type name.
 * 
 * @see java.lang.Class, ml.core.helper.Factory
 *
 * @author gregor
 */
public class DefaultFactory implements Factory {
	private final Class product;
	private final String name;

	public DefaultFactory(String name, Class product) {
		this.name=name;
		this.product=product;
	}
	
	public Object createNew() {
		try {
			return product.newInstance();
		} catch (InstantiationException e) {
			// TODO find a better way of handling this exception
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
			// TODO find a better way of handling this exceptoin
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return null;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}
}