Class Maze.MazeFactory

java.lang.Object
  Maze.MazeFactory

Enclosing class:

Maze

public static class Maze.MazeFactory
extends java.lang.Object

MazeFactory is a Factory Design Pattern that generates a new Maze. It should throw a malformed input exception, but I didn't have time to go through and fix that. It currently exits if it hits a parse error.

Author:

Albert J. Wong

Constructor Summary

Maze.MazeFactory()

Method Summary

(package private) static Maze

parseMaze(java.lang.String filename) parseMaze takes a file in and tries to generate a Maze from that file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Maze.MazeFactory

public Maze.MazeFactory()

Method Detail

parseMaze

static Maze parseMaze(java.lang.String filename)
               throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                      java.io.IOException

parseMaze takes a file in and tries to generate a Maze from that file.

Parameters:

filename - Name of file with data to generate a Maze.

Returns:

Returns a new Maze based on the given filename.

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - Thrown if the file cannot be found.

java.io.IOException - Thrown on a generic IO Exception