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+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/artifacts/transitions/TransitionFactory.java	Thu Apr 25 12:06:39 2013 +0200
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+package org.dive4elements.river.artifacts.transitions;
+
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+import org.dive4elements.artifactdatabase.transition.Transition;
+
+import org.dive4elements.artifacts.common.utils.XMLUtils;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public class TransitionFactory {
+
+    /** The logger used in this class */
+    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(TransitionFactory.class);
+
+    /** The XPath to the classname of the transition */
+    public static final String XPATH_TRANSITION = "@transition";
+
+    /** The XPath to the current state ID */
+    public static final String XPATH_CURRENT_STATE = "from/@state";
+
+    /** The XPath to the target state ID */
+    public static final String XPATH_TARGET_STATE = "to/@state";
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new Transition based on the configured class provided by
+     * <code>transitionConf</code>.
+     *
+     * @param transitionConf The configuration of the transition.
+     *
+     * @return a Transition.
+     */
+    public static Transition createTransition(Node transitionConf) {
+        String clazz = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
+            transitionConf, XPATH_TRANSITION, XPathConstants.STRING);
+
+        Transition transition = null;
+
+        try {
+            transition = (Transition) Class.forName(clazz).newInstance();
+
+            String from = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
+                transitionConf, XPATH_CURRENT_STATE, XPathConstants.STRING);
+            String to = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
+                transitionConf, XPATH_TARGET_STATE, XPathConstants.STRING);
+
+            transition.init(transitionConf);
+            transition.setFrom(from);
+            transition.setTo(to);
+        }
+        catch (InstantiationException ie) {
+            logger.error(ie, ie);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+            logger.error(iae, iae);
+        }
+        catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
+            logger.error(cnfe, cnfe);
+        }
+
+        return transition;
+    }
+}
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