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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private Configuration	conf
(package private) static Authorization	DEFAULT_AUTHORIZATION
private static long	serialVersionUID
private static Twitter	SINGLETON
private static java.lang.reflect.Constructor<Twitter>	TWITTER_CONSTRUCTOR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
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

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Twitter	getInstance() Returns a instance associated with the configuration bound to this factory.
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)
static Twitter	getSingleton() Returns default singleton Twitter instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TWITTER_CONSTRUCTOR

private static final java.lang.reflect.Constructor<Twitter> TWITTER_CONSTRUCTOR

DEFAULT_AUTHORIZATION

static final Authorization DEFAULT_AUTHORIZATION

SINGLETON

private static final Twitter SINGLETON

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 associated with the configuration bound to this factory.

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)

getSingleton

public static Twitter getSingleton()

Returns default singleton Twitter instance.

Returns:

default singleton Twitter instance

Since:

Twitter4J 2.2.4