twitter4j
Class TwitterFactory

java.lang.Object
  twitter4j.TwitterFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class TwitterFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

A factory class for Twitter.
An instance of this class is completely thread safe and can be re-used and used concurrently.

Since:

Twitter4J 2.1.0

Author:

Yusuke Yamamoto - yusuke at mac.com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

TwitterFactory()
Creates a TwitterFactory with the root configuration.

TwitterFactory(Configuration conf)
Creates a TwitterFactory with the given configuration.

TwitterFactory(java.lang.String configTreePath)
Creates a TwitterFactory with a specified config tree

Method Summary

Twitter	getInstance() Returns a instance.
Twitter	getInstance(AccessToken accessToken) Returns a OAuth Authenticated instance. consumer key and consumer Secret must be provided by twitter4j.properties, or system properties. Unlike TwitterOAuthSupportBaseImpl.setOAuthAccessToken(twitter4j.http.AccessToken), this factory method potentially returns a cached instance.
Twitter	getInstance(Authorization auth) Deprecated.
Twitter	getInstance(java.lang.String screenName, java.lang.String password) Returns an XAuth Authenticated instance.
Twitter	getOAuthAuthorizedInstance(AccessToken accessToken) Deprecated. use getInstance(twitter4j.http.AccessToken) instead
Twitter	getOAuthAuthorizedInstance(java.lang.String consumerKey, java.lang.String consumerSecret) Deprecated. use TwitterOAuthSupportBaseImpl.setOAuthConsumer(String, String)
Twitter	getOAuthAuthorizedInstance(java.lang.String consumerKey, java.lang.String consumerSecret, AccessToken accessToken) Deprecated. use TwitterOAuthSupportBaseImpl.setOAuthConsumer(String, String) and {$link Twitter#setOAuthAccessToken}

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TwitterFactory

public TwitterFactory()

Creates a TwitterFactory with the root configuration.

TwitterFactory

public TwitterFactory(Configuration conf)

Creates a TwitterFactory with the given configuration.

Parameters:

conf - the configuration to use

Since:

Twitter4J 2.1.1

TwitterFactory

public TwitterFactory(java.lang.String configTreePath)

Creates a TwitterFactory with a specified config tree

Parameters:

configTreePath - the path

Method Detail

getInstance

public Twitter getInstance()

Returns a instance.

Returns:

default singleton instance

getInstance

public Twitter getInstance(AccessToken accessToken)

Returns a OAuth Authenticated instance.
consumer key and consumer Secret must be provided by twitter4j.properties, or system properties.
Unlike TwitterOAuthSupportBaseImpl.setOAuthAccessToken(twitter4j.http.AccessToken), this factory method potentially returns a cached instance.

Parameters:

accessToken - access token

Returns:

an instance

Since:

Twitter4J 2.1.9

getInstance

public Twitter getInstance(java.lang.String screenName,
                           java.lang.String password)

Returns an XAuth Authenticated instance.

Parameters:

screenName - screen name

password - password

Returns:

an instance

getInstance

public Twitter getInstance(Authorization auth)

Deprecated.

getOAuthAuthorizedInstance

public Twitter getOAuthAuthorizedInstance(java.lang.String consumerKey,
                                          java.lang.String consumerSecret)

Deprecated. use TwitterOAuthSupportBaseImpl.setOAuthConsumer(String, String)

Returns a OAuth Authenticated instance.

Parameters:

consumerKey - consumer key

consumerSecret - consumer secret

Returns:

an instance

getOAuthAuthorizedInstance

public Twitter getOAuthAuthorizedInstance(java.lang.String consumerKey,
                                          java.lang.String consumerSecret,
                                          AccessToken accessToken)

Deprecated. use TwitterOAuthSupportBaseImpl.setOAuthConsumer(String, String) and {$link Twitter#setOAuthAccessToken}

Returns a OAuth Authenticated instance.

Parameters:

consumerKey - consumer key

consumerSecret - consumer secret

accessToken - access token

Returns:

an instance

getOAuthAuthorizedInstance

public Twitter getOAuthAuthorizedInstance(AccessToken accessToken)

Deprecated. use getInstance(twitter4j.http.AccessToken) instead

Returns a OAuth Authenticated instance.
consumer key and consumer Secret must be provided by twitter4j.properties, or system properties.

Parameters:

accessToken - access token

Returns:

an instance