    001/*
    002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
    003 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
    004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
    005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
    006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
    007 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
    008 *
    009 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    010 *
    011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    015 * limitations under the License.
    016 */
    017
    018package org.apache.commons.collections4.properties;
    019
    020import java.util.Properties;
    021
    022/**
    023 * Creates and loads {@link Properties}.
    024 *
    025 * @see Properties
    026 * @since 4.4
    027 */
    028public class PropertiesFactory extends AbstractPropertiesFactory<Properties> {
    029
    030    /**
    031     * The singleton instance.
    032     */
    033    public static final PropertiesFactory INSTANCE = new PropertiesFactory();
    034
    035    /**
    036     * Constructs an instance.
    037     */
    038    private PropertiesFactory() {
    039        // There is only one instance.
    040    }
    041
    042    /**
    043     * Subclasses override to provide customized properties instances.
    044     *
    045     * @return a new Properties instance.
    046     */
    047    @Override
    048    protected Properties createProperties() {
    049        return new Properties();
    050    }
    051
    052}