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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2015 LegSem.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License v2.1
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     LegSem - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package com.legstar.coxb.convert;

import com.legstar.coxb.util.ClassLoadingException;
import com.legstar.coxb.util.ClassUtil;

/**
 * Concrete converter factories are hidden behind this factory. This allow the
 * API to be independent from concrete implementation of COBOL converters.
 * 
 */
public final class CobolConvertersFactory {

    /**
     * In this version the factory name is hardcoded. In a future release,
     * this will be pulled from some configuration file.
     */
    private static final String FACTORY_NAME =
            "com.legstar.coxb.impl.convert.CobolConvertersFactory";

    /**
     * It is a utility class. Prevent instantiation.
     */
    private CobolConvertersFactory() {

    }

    /**
     * @return an implementation of a concrete factory.
     * @throws ClassLoadingException if factory cannot be created
     */
    public static ICobolConvertersFactory createCobolConvertersFactory()
            throws ClassLoadingException {
        Object of = ClassUtil.newObject(FACTORY_NAME);
        return (ICobolConvertersFactory) of;
    }

}