/// <summary>Creates a new, empty Entity object of the type specified</summary>
/// <param name="entityTypeToCreate">The entity type to create.</param>
/// <returns>A new, empty Entity object.</returns>
public static IEntity2 Create(Project.DAL.EntityType entityTypeToCreate)
{
IEntityFactory2 factoryToUse = null;
switch (entityTypeToCreate)
{
case Project.DAL.EntityType.VehicleMakeEntity:
factoryToUse = new VehicleMakeEntityFactory();
break;
case Project.DAL.EntityType.VehicleModelEntity:
factoryToUse = new VehicleModelEntityFactory();
break;
}
IEntity2 toReturn = null;
if (factoryToUse != null)
{
toReturn = factoryToUse.Create();
}
return(toReturn);
}
/// <summary>CTor</summary>
/// <param name="entityName">Name of the entity.</param>
/// <param name="typeOfEntity">The type of entity.</param>
/// <param name="isInHierarchy">If true, the entity of this factory is in an inheritance hierarchy, false otherwise</param>
public EntityFactoryBase2(string entityName, Project.DAL.EntityType typeOfEntity, bool isInHierarchy) : base(entityName)
{
_typeOfEntity = typeOfEntity;
_isInHierarchy = isInHierarchy;
}
/// <summary>Gets the factory of the entity with the Project.DAL.EntityType specified</summary>
/// <param name="typeOfEntity">The type of entity.</param>
/// <returns>factory to use or null if not found</returns>
public static IEntityFactory2 GetFactory(Project.DAL.EntityType typeOfEntity)
{
return(GetFactory(GeneralEntityFactory.Create(typeOfEntity).GetType()));
}
