net.sourceforge.wohenchan.convert
Interface ConverterFactoryInterface


public interface ConverterFactoryInterface

Factory for ConverterTableInterface objects which, among other things, provides a hook for displaying progress. All implementations of this class are required to have a default constructor.

Version:
$Name: $ $Date: 2000/10/15 18:36:22 $
Author:
$Author: wtanaka $

Method Summary
 ConverterTableInterface createConverterTable()
           
 java.lang.String getDescriptiveName()
          Used for loading progress display -- a descriptive name used to display while the factory is loading.
 int getProgress()
          Current loading progress.
 

Method Detail

createConverterTable

public ConverterTableInterface createConverterTable()
                                             throws java.io.IOException
java.io.IOException

getProgress

public int getProgress()
Current loading progress.

Returns:
an integer between 0 and 100 inclusive, representing the percentage completion of the converterTable creation process.

getDescriptiveName

public java.lang.String getDescriptiveName()
Used for loading progress display -- a descriptive name used to display while the factory is loading.