SPRING: How do you programmatically instantiate classes based on information passed from Flex UI
- by babyangel86
Imagine the UI passes back an XMl node as such:
<properties>
<type> Source </type>
<name> Blooper </name>
<delay>
<type> Deterministic </type>
<parameters>
<param> 4 </param>
</parameters>
<delay>
<batch>
<type> Erlang </type>
<parameters>
<param> 4 </param>
<param> 6 </param>
</parameters>
<batch>
And behind the scene what it is asking that you instantiate a class as such:
new Source("blooper", new Exp(4), new Erlang(4,6);
The problem lies in the fact that you don't know what class you will need to processing, and you will be sent a list of these class definitions with instructions on how they can be linked to each other.
I've heard that using a BeanFactoryPostProcessor might be helpful, or a property editor/convertor. However I am at a loss as to how best to use them to solve my problem.
Any help you can provide will be much appreciated.
