NVelocity.Tool
Interface IToolInfo

Interface to simplify and abstract tool handling. * Implementations of this class should hold both the context key for the tool and sufficient information to return an instance of the tool. *

Classname

public string Classname

Key

public string Key

getInstance

public object getInstance(object initData)

Returns an instance of the tool. * Instances returned may be new on each call, pooled, or the be same instance every time depending on the implementation. The object passed to this method may be used to initialize or create the tool that is returned, or it may be null if no such data is required. *

Parameters:

initData - an object that may be used to initialize the instance

Returns:

the context key for the tool the fully qualified classname for the tool an instance of the tool