Package org.geotools.api.referencing

Interface Factory

All Known Subinterfaces:

AuthorityFactory, CitationFactory, CoordinateOperationAuthorityFactory, CoordinateOperationFactory, CRSAuthorityFactory, CRSFactory, CSAuthorityFactory, CSFactory, DatumAuthorityFactory, DatumFactory, GridShiftLocator, MathTransformFactory, ObjectFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

Abstract_URI_AuthorityFactory, AbstractAuthorityFactory, AbstractAuthorityMediator, AbstractCachedAuthorityFactory, AbstractCoordinateOperationFactory, AbstractEpsgFactory, AbstractEpsgMediator, AccessDialectEpsgFactory, AllAuthoritiesFactory, AnsiDialectEpsgFactory, AuthorityBackedFactory, AuthorityFactoryAdapter, AutoCRSFactory, BufferedAuthorityFactory, BufferedCoordinateOperationFactory, CachedAuthorityDecorator, CachedCRSAuthorityDecorator, CartesianAuthorityFactory, ClasspathGridShiftLocator, CoordinateOperationFactoryUsingWKT, DatumAliases, DefaultCoordinateOperationFactory, DefaultMathTransformFactory, DeferredAuthorityFactory, DirectAuthorityFactory, DirectEpsgFactory, EPSGCRSAuthorityFactory, EsriExtension, FactoryUsingAnsiSQL, FactoryUsingSQL, FactoryUsingWKT, FallbackAuthorityFactory, HsqlDialectEpsgMediator, HTTP_AuthorityFactory, HTTP_URI_AuthorityFactory, IAUAuthorityFactory, IAULongitudeFirstFactory, LongitudeFirstEpsgDecorator, LongitudeFirstFactory, ManyAuthoritiesFactory, NADCONGridShiftFactory, NetCDFCRSAuthorityFactory, NTv2GridShiftFactory, OGCAPICRSFactory, OrderedAxisAuthorityFactory, OrderedAxisCRSAuthorityFactory, PropertyAuthorityFactory, PropertyCoordinateOperationAuthorityFactory, ReferencingFactory, ReferencingFactoryContainer, ReferencingObjectFactory, ThreadedAuthorityFactory, ThreadedEpsgFactory, ThreadedHsqlEpsgFactory, ThreadedPostgreSQLEpsgFactory, TransformedAuthorityFactory, UnnamedExtension, URN_AuthorityFactory, WebCRSFactory

public interface Factory

Base interface for all factories. Factories can be grouped in two categories:

• Authority factories creates objects from a compact string defined by an authority.
• Object factories allows applications to make objects that cannot be created by an authority factory. This factory is very flexible, whereas the authority factory is easier to use.

Since:

GeoAPI 1.0

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Citation	getVendor()	Returns the vendor responsible for creating this factory implementation.

Method Detail

getVendor

Citation getVendor()

Returns the vendor responsible for creating this factory implementation. Many implementations may be available for the same factory interface. Implementations are usually managed by a service registry.

Returns:

The vendor for this factory implementation.