com.vistech.shapes
Class ShapeFactory

java.lang.Object
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public class ShapeFactory

extends java.lang.Object

A factory class that provides static methods to construct or copy a shape.

Version:

1.0 24 July 1999

Author:

Larry Rodrigues This class defines the Shape types. Given a shape type, the corrsponding shape can be created by createShape method.

Constructor Summary

ShapeFactory()

Method Summary

static Shapes	copyShape(Shapes shape) Copies a specified shape.
static Shapes	createShapes(int shapeType) Constructs a specified shape.
static java.lang.String	getTypeAsString(int shapeType) A utility method that returns the shape type as a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ShapeFactory

public ShapeFactory()

Method Detail

createShapes

public static Shapes createShapes(int shapeType)

Constructs a specified shape.

Parameters:

shapeType - the shape type.

Returns:

the selected shape object.

copyShape

public static Shapes copyShape(Shapes shape)

Copies a specified shape.

Parameters:

shapeType - the shape type.

Returns:

the selected shape object.

getTypeAsString

public static java.lang.String getTypeAsString(int shapeType)

A utility method that returns the shape type as a string.

Parameters:

shapeType - the shape type.