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+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/states/StateFactory.java	Fri Feb 04 11:11:03 2011 +0000
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+package de.intevation.flys.artifacts.states;
+
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.state.State;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.common.utils.XMLUtils;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public class StateFactory {
+
+    /** The logger used in this class */
+    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(StateFactory.class);
+
+    /** The XPath to the classname of the state */
+    public static final String XPATH_STATE = "@state";
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new State based on the configured class provided by
+     * <code>stateConf</code>.
+     *
+     * @param stateConf The configuration of the state.
+     *
+     * @return a State.
+     */
+    public static State createState(Node stateConf) {
+        String clazz = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
+            stateConf, XPATH_STATE, XPathConstants.STRING);
+
+        State state = null;
+
+        try {
+            logger.debug("Create a new State for class: " + clazz);
+            state = (State) Class.forName(clazz).newInstance();
+            state.setup(stateConf);
+        }
+        catch (InstantiationException ie) {
+            logger.error(ie, ie);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+            logger.error(iae, iae);
+        }
+        catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
+            logger.error(cnfe, cnfe);
+        }
+
+        return state;
+    }
+}
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