Purpose and Scope

The Container Factory by its name implies that it creates running instances of the Techne container. Selection of a valid profile triggers the ContainerFactory to begin this process. When no profile exists, it defaults to the Techne properties file settings. This component provides the following features:

• Binds itself to the Builder service.
• Monitors FAR events using its listener, i.e. events that have originated from the container instance.
• Intercepts requests for services provided by the parent container. In this scenario, the Container Factory acts as a proxy or provides a proxy service to the container instance.
• Propagates events from the parent container to the container instance.
• "Offers up" its classloader to assemble FAR components and binds components into an "executable" shell. This is a type of "linker" service for componentization.
• May trigger Builder to reassemble a FAR.
• Provides a callback method create() which is utilized by Builder.
• Wires FAR to a container instance if this has been pre-set.
• Container Factory is configurable.