001package com.pi4j.io.serial; 002 003/* 004 * #%L 005 * ********************************************************************** 006 * ORGANIZATION : Pi4J 007 * PROJECT : Pi4J :: Java Library (Core) 008 * FILENAME : SerialFactory.java 009 * 010 * This file is part of the Pi4J project. More information about 011 * this project can be found here: http://www.pi4j.com/ 012 * ********************************************************************** 013 * %% 014 * Copyright (C) 2012 - 2013 Pi4J 015 * %% 016 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 017 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 018 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 019 * 020 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 021 * 022 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 023 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 024 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 025 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 026 * limitations under the License. 027 * #L% 028 */ 029 030 031import com.pi4j.io.serial.impl.SerialImpl; 032 033/** 034 * <p> This factory class provide a static method to create new 'Serial' instances. </p> 035 * 036 * <p> 037 * Before using the Pi4J library, you need to ensure that the Java VM in configured with access to 038 * the following system libraries: 039 * <ul> 040 * <li>pi4j</li> 041 * <li>wiringPi</li> 042 * </ul> 043 * <blockquote> This library depends on the wiringPi native system library.</br> (developed by 044 * Gordon Henderson @ <a href="https://projects.drogon.net/">https://projects.drogon.net/</a>) 045 * </blockquote> 046 * </p> 047 * 048 * @see #Serial 049 * @see #SerialDataEvent 050 * @see #SerialDataListener 051 * 052 * @see <a href="http://www.pi4j.com/">http://www.pi4j.com/</a> 053 * @author Robert Savage (<a 054 * href="http://www.savagehomeautomation.com">http://www.savagehomeautomation.com</a>) 055 */ 056public class SerialFactory { 057 058 // private constructor 059 private SerialFactory() { 060 // forbid object construction 061 } 062 063 /** 064 * Create New Serial instance 065 * 066 * @return Return a new Serial implementation instance. 067 */ 068 public static Serial createInstance() { 069 return new SerialImpl(); 070 } 071}