DispatchingDocumentFactory.DispatchingStrategy (MG4J (big) 5.4.4)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DispatchingDocumentFactory.StringBasedDispatchingStrategy

Enclosing class:

DispatchingDocumentFactory
```
public static interface DispatchingDocumentFactory.DispatchingStrategy
extends Serializable
```
A strategy that decides which factory is appropriate using the document metadata.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`factoryNumber(Reference2ObjectMap<Enum<?>,Object> metadata, PropertyBasedDocumentFactory factory)`	Decides the index of the factory to be used for the given metadata, possibly using a factory to resolve property names.

- Method Detail
  - factoryNumber
```
int factoryNumber(Reference2ObjectMap<Enum<?>,Object> metadata,
                  PropertyBasedDocumentFactory factory)
```
    Decides the index of the factory to be used for the given metadata, possibly using a factory to resolve property names.
    
    Parameters:
    
    metadata - the metadata of the document to be produced.
    
    factory - the factory used to resolve metadata names.
    
    Returns:
    
    the factory index.