twitter4j
Class TwitterFactory

java.lang.Object
  twitter4j.TwitterFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class TwitterFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

A factory class for Twitter.
An instance of this class is completely thread safe and can be re-used and used concurrently.

Since:

Twitter4J 2.1.0

Author:

Yusuke Yamamoto - yusuke at mac.com

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

private Configuration	conf
private static long	serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

TwitterFactory()
Creates a TwitterFactory with the root configuration.

TwitterFactory(Configuration conf)
Creates a TwitterFactory with the given configuration.

TwitterFactory(java.lang.String configTreePath)
Creates a TwitterFactory with a specified config tree

Method Summary

Twitter	getInstance() Returns a instance.
Twitter	getInstance(AccessToken accessToken) Returns a OAuth Authenticated instance. consumer key and consumer Secret must be provided by twitter4j.properties, or system properties. Unlike OAuthSupport.setOAuthAccessToken(twitter4j.auth.AccessToken), this factory method potentially returns a cached instance.
Twitter	getInstance(Authorization auth)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

conf

private final Configuration conf

Constructor Detail

TwitterFactory

public TwitterFactory()

Creates a TwitterFactory with the root configuration.

TwitterFactory

public TwitterFactory(Configuration conf)

Creates a TwitterFactory with the given configuration.

Parameters:

conf - the configuration to use

Since:

Twitter4J 2.1.1

TwitterFactory

public TwitterFactory(java.lang.String configTreePath)

Creates a TwitterFactory with a specified config tree

Parameters:

configTreePath - the path

Method Detail

getInstance

public Twitter getInstance()

Returns a instance.

Returns:

default singleton instance

getInstance

public Twitter getInstance(AccessToken accessToken)

Returns a OAuth Authenticated instance.
consumer key and consumer Secret must be provided by twitter4j.properties, or system properties.
Unlike OAuthSupport.setOAuthAccessToken(twitter4j.auth.AccessToken), this factory method potentially returns a cached instance.

Parameters:

accessToken - access token

Returns:

an instance

Since:

Twitter4J 2.1.9

getInstance

public Twitter getInstance(Authorization auth)