source: branches/autoquest-core-tasktrees-alignment/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/alignment/algorithms/AlignmentAlgorithmFactory.java @ 1734

/*
 * 
 */
package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.alignment.algorithms;

// TODO: Auto-generated Javadoc
/**
 * A factory for creating AlignmentAlgorithm objects.
 */
public class AlignmentAlgorithmFactory {

        /**
         * Creates the.
         *
         * @return the alignment algorithm
         */
        public static AlignmentAlgorithm create() {
                Class<?> newclass;
                Object object = null;
                try {
                        newclass = Class.forName(algorithmclass);
                        object = newclass.newInstance();

                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | SecurityException
                                | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException
                                | IllegalArgumentException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                }
                return (AlignmentAlgorithm) object;
        }

        /**
         * Sets the default algorithm.
         *
         * @param algorithmname the new default algorithm
         */
        public static void setDefaultAlgorithm(String algorithmname) {
                // TODO: check for valid algorihm class names here
                algorithmclass = algorithmname;
        }

        /** The algorithmclass. */
        private static String algorithmclass = "de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.alignment.algorithms.SmithWatermanRepeated";
}