Class PersonFactory

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.sociology.PersonFactory

public class PersonFactory
extends Object

Factory for creating Person instances with auto-generated unique identifiers.

Provides support for different ID generation strategies (UUID, SSN) via pluggable IdGenerator.

* @version 1.1

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PersonFactory()	Creates a factory with the default UUID generator.
PersonFactory(IdGenerator idGenerator)	Creates a factory with a specific ID generator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Person	create(String name)	Creates a person with minimal information (name only).
Person	create(String name, Gender gender, LocalDate birthDate, String nationality)	Creates a person with specific attributes and an auto-generated ID.
static PersonFactory	withSSN()	Creates a factory instance configured to generate SSN-style IDs.
static PersonFactory	withUUID()	Creates a factory instance configured to generate UUIDs.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

PersonFactory

public PersonFactory()

Creates a factory with the default UUID generator.

PersonFactory

public PersonFactory(IdGenerator idGenerator)

Creates a factory with a specific ID generator.

Parameters:

idGenerator - the generator to use for person IDs

Method Details

create

public Person create(String name,
 Gender gender,
 LocalDate birthDate,
 String nationality)

Creates a person with specific attributes and an auto-generated ID.

Parameters:

name - the person's name

gender - the person's gender

birthDate - the person's birth date

nationality - the person's nationality

Returns:

a new Person instance

create

public Person create(String name)

Creates a person with minimal information (name only). Defaults other fields to unspecified/null.

Parameters:

name - the person's name

Returns:

a new Person instance

withSSN

public static PersonFactory withSSN()

Creates a factory instance configured to generate SSN-style IDs.

Returns:

a new PersonFactory

withUUID

public static PersonFactory withUUID()

Creates a factory instance configured to generate UUIDs.

Returns:

a new PersonFactory