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 * Copyright (c) 2012, Ben Fortuna
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package net.fortuna.ical4j.model;

import net.fortuna.ical4j.util.Configurator;

/**
 * $Id$
 *
 * Created on 18/09/2005
 *
 * Provides access to the configured TimeZoneRegistry instance.
 * Alternative factory implementations may be specified via the following
 * system property:
 * net.fortuna.ical4j.timezone.registry=<factory_class_name>
 * @author Ben Fortuna
 */
public abstract class TimeZoneRegistryFactory {
    
    /**
     * The system property used to specify an alternate
     * TimeZoneRegistryFactory implementation.
     */
    public static final String KEY_FACTORY_CLASS = "net.fortuna.ical4j.timezone.registry";

    private static TimeZoneRegistryFactory instance;
    static {
        try {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
			final Class factoryClass = (Class) Class.forName(Configurator.getProperty(KEY_FACTORY_CLASS));
            instance = factoryClass.newInstance();
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            instance = new DefaultTimeZoneRegistryFactory();
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * @return a shared factory instance
     */
    public static TimeZoneRegistryFactory getInstance() {
        return instance;
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns a new instance of the configured TimeZoneRegistry.
     * @return a timezone registry instance
     */
    public abstract TimeZoneRegistry createRegistry();
}