[TINKERPOP-778] Support GraphFactory location via annotation.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Done
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-incubating
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.1-incubating, 3.1.0-incubating
• Component/s: structure
• Assignee: Stephen Mallette
• Reporter: Bryn Cooke
• Created: 21/Jul/15 09:11
• Updated: 24/Jul/15 13:12
• Resolved: 24/Jul/15 13:12

Description

When using GraphFactory vendors have to use a concrete class with a static 'open' method on it.
However, I would expect many vendors will want to expose an interface.

Map config = new HashMap<>();
config.put(Graph.GRAPH, MyGraph.class.getName()); //MyGraph is an interface
MyGraph graph = GraphFactory.open(config);

I realise that class name of the factory needn't match the class that is returned to the user, but it would be nice if it did.

Adding an annotation to specify the factory class would fix this.

@GraphFactory(MyGraphFactory.class) //Graph factory uses this to locate the graph factory class
interface MyGraph extends Graph{
}