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<package name="fcl-res">

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<module name="resfactory">
<short>Contains a factory class for resources</short>
<descr>
<p>This unit contains a factory class that provides an easy way to create resources of the right class.</p>
<p>Resource classes can be registered with <link id="TResourceFactory"/> so that the class knows how to create a resource of a specific type.</p>
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<element name="resource">
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<element name="EResourceFactoryException">
<short>Base class for resource factory-related exceptions</short>
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<element name="EResourceClassAlreadyRegisteredException">
<short>A resource class for a given type has already been registered</short>
<descr>
<p>This exception is raised by class method <link id="TResourceFactory.RegisterResourceClass">RegisterResourceClass</link> of <link id="TResourceFactory"/> when an attempt is made to register a class for an already registered type.</p>
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<seealso>
<link id="TResourceFactory.RegisterResourceClass"/>
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<element name="TResourceFactory">
<short>Factory class for resources</short>
<descr>
<p>Resources are represented by descendants of <link id="resource.TAbstractResource">TAbstractResource</link>. Some applications don't need specialized resource classes, and a <link id="resource.TGenericResource">TGenericResource</link> can be enough. On the other hand, sometimes it is required that a resource of a specific type is created with a more specialized class. This class provides a centralized point for the creation of resources.</p>
<p><link id="TResourceFactory"/> holds a list of registered classes with an associated resource type. When it is requested to create a resource for a given type, it creates a resource of the class associated with that type. If no class matching that type is found, <link id="resource.TGenericResource">TGenericResource</link> is used.</p>
<p>Usually each resource class registers itself in the <var>initialization</var> section of the unit in which it is implemented.</p>
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<seealso>
<link id="TResourceFactory.RegisterResourceClass"/>
<link id="TResourceFactory.CreateResource"/>
<link id="resource.TAbstractResource">TAbstractResource</link>
<link id="resource.TGenericResource">TGenericResource</link>
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<element name="TResourceFactory.RegisterResourceClass">
<short>Registers a resource class</short>
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<p>This class method registers a resource class for the given resource type.</p>
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<errors>
<p>If a class has already been registered for the given resource type, an <link id="EResourceClassAlreadyRegisteredException"/> exception is raised.</p>
</errors>
<seealso>
<link id="TResourceFactory"/>
</seealso>
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<element name="TResourceFactory.RegisterResourceClass.aType">
<short>The type associated to the resource class</short>
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<element name="TResourceFactory.RegisterResourceClass.aClass">
<short>The resource class to register</short>
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<element name="TResourceFactory.CreateResource">
<short>Creates a new resource</short>
<descr>
<p>This class method creates a new resource of the class associated with the given type, and sets its name and type based on the values passed as parameters.</p>
<p>If no class matching the given type is found, the resource is created with <link id="resource.TGenericResource">TGenericResource</link> class.</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TResourceFactory"/>
<link id="TResourceFactory.RegisterResourceClass"/>
<link id="resource.TGenericResource">TGenericResource</link>
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<element name="TResourceFactory.CreateResource.Result">
<short>A new resource</short>
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<element name="TResourceFactory.CreateResource.aType">
<short>The type of the resource to create</short>
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<element name="TResourceFactory.CreateResource.aName">
<short>The name of the resource to create</short>
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