twitter4j

Class TwitterFactory

java.lang.Object

twitter4j.TwitterFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class TwitterFactory
extends Object
implements 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

See Also:

Serialized Form

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(String configTreePath) Creates a TwitterFactory with a specified config tree

Method Summary

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

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

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(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