Define Factory to instantiate Objects?

[Tom Schindl]

Hi,

is it possible to teach iBatis to use a Factory-method to instatiate a 
class? In my case the constructor is protected (or even better the 
specified type is an interface) and the objects are normally 
instantiated using a Factory (for those interested I'm working with 
Objects generated from Eclipse EMF).

I'd e.g. like to say

-----------8<-----------
<typeAlias
     alias="Client"
     type="at.bestsolution.model.IClient"
     factory="MyModelFactory.createClient" />
-----------8<-----------

Please note also that in this case IClient is an Interface and the 
Factory will take care to create the appropriate real implementation 
(ClientImpl).

Tom