separated property object creation from configuration before adding automatically the properties

src/fr/ill/ics/core/property/PropertyFactory.java

@@ -63,12 +63,10 @@ public class PropertyFactory {
 		return instance;
 	}
 
-
-	public Property createProperty(int containerId, int id, XMLPropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor, boolean isCommandBox) {
+	public Property createProperty(int containerId, int id, String type, boolean isCommandBox) {
 		
-		// Create basic property
 		Property property = null;
-		String type = propertyDescriptor.getPropertyType().toLowerCase();
+		//String type = propertyDescriptor.getPropertyType().toLowerCase();
 
 		if (type.equals("unknown")) {
 			// Get property type directly from the controller
@@ -95,11 +93,9 @@ public class PropertyFactory {
 
 		} else if (type.equals("float32")) {
 			property = new Float32Property(containerId, id, isCommandBox);
-			property.setPropertyFormat(new DecimalFormat(propertyDescriptor, id, false));
 
 		} else if (type.equals("float64") || type.equals("double")) {
 			property = new Float64Property(containerId, id, isCommandBox);
-			property.setPropertyFormat(new DecimalFormat(propertyDescriptor, id, false));
 
 		} else if (type.equals("boolean") || type.equals("Boolean")) {
 			property = new BooleanProperty(containerId, id, isCommandBox);
@@ -129,8 +125,25 @@ public class PropertyFactory {
 			property = new StringProperty(containerId, id, isCommandBox);
 			LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Unable to manage type " + type + " for property " + id);
 		}
+		
+		return property;
+	}
+	
 
-		// add format
+	public Property configureProperty(Property property, XMLPropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor) {
+		
+		// Create basic property
+		String type = propertyDescriptor.getPropertyType().toLowerCase();
+
+		int id = property.getPropertyID();
+		
+		if (type.equals("float32")) {
+			property.setPropertyFormat(new DecimalFormat(propertyDescriptor, id, false));
+
+		} else if (type.equals("float64") || type.equals("double")) {
+			property.setPropertyFormat(new DecimalFormat(propertyDescriptor, id, false));
+		}
+			// add format
 		if (propertyDescriptor.getFormat().equals(PropertyParser.TAG_DECIMAL_FORMAT)) {
 			property.setPropertyFormat(new DecimalFormat(propertyDescriptor, id, false));
 
@@ -182,6 +195,15 @@ public class PropertyFactory {
 		return property;
 	}
 
+	public Property createProperty(int containerId, int id, XMLPropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor, boolean isCommandBox) {
+		// Create basic property
+		String type = propertyDescriptor.getPropertyType().toLowerCase();
+		
+		Property property = createProperty(containerId, id, type, isCommandBox);
+		configureProperty(property, propertyDescriptor);
+		
+		return property;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 *