net.fortuna.ical4j.model
Interface ParameterFactory

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ParameterFactoryImpl, ParameterFactoryRegistry

public interface ParameterFactory
extends Serializable

Implementors provide parameter creation services. Note that implementations must be Serializable to support referencing from Parameter instances.

Author:

Ben Fortuna $Id$ [05-Apr-2004] Created on 14/06/2005

Method Summary

Parameter

createParameter(String name, String value) Returns a parameter instance of the appropriate type with the specified value.

Method Detail

createParameter

Parameter createParameter(String name,
                          String value)
                          throws URISyntaxException

Returns a parameter instance of the appropriate type with the specified value.

Parameters:

name - a parameter names that identifies the parameter type

value - a value to assign to the returned parameter

Returns:

a parameter instance, or null if this factory is unable to create an appropriate parameter

Throws:

URISyntaxException - where an invalid URI is encountered