Instantiation Tab

Use this page to specify if objects are instantiated by the default constructor, a specific method, or a factory.

Use Default Constructor

The default constructor of the class instantiates a new instance.

Use Method

Specify a Method to execute to create objects from the database.

Method: Name of a method to be executed to create objects from the database. The method must be a public, static method on the descriptor's class and must return a new instance of the object.

Use Factory

Specify to send the message to an object factory to create objects from the database. The object factory method that is used can be public, private, protected, or default/package, and requires no arguments

Factory Class: The class of the factory object that creates the new instances.
Factory Method: The message to be sent to obtain a factory object. Choose <nothing> to use the default constructor.
Instantiation Method: The method to be sent to the factory object to obtain a new instance that will be populated with data from the database.