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From: Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@bestsolution.at>
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Subject: Define Factory to instantiate Objects?
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Hi,

is it possible to teach iBatis to use a Factory-method to instatiate a 
class? In my case the constructor is protected (or even better the 
specified type is an interface) and the objects are normally 
instantiated using a Factory (for those interested I'm working with 
Objects generated from Eclipse EMF).

I'd e.g. like to say

-----------8<-----------
<typeAlias
      alias="Client"
      type="at.bestsolution.model.IClient"
      factory="MyModelFactory.createClient" />
-----------8<-----------

Please note also that in this case IClient is an Interface and the 
Factory will take care to create the appropriate real implementation 
(ClientImpl).

Tom