fulmine.model.container
Interface IContainerFactory

All Superinterfaces:

IDestroyable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContainerFactory

public interface IContainerFactory
extends IDestroyable

Factory held by an IFrameworkContext to create IContainer instances

Author:

Ramon Servadei

Nested Class Summary

static interface

IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder A builder for an IContainer.

Method Summary

boolean	containsType(IType type) Does the factory contain an IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder (and by association, an IContainerDefinitionField) registered against the IContainer type argument.
<T extends IContainer> T	createContainer(String nativeContextIdentity, String identity, IType type, IDomain domain, IFrameworkContext hostContext, boolean local) Create an IContainer implementation from the type argument.
IContainerDefinitionField	getDefinition(IType type) Get the IContainerDefinitionField registered against the IContainer type argument.
void	registerBuilder(IType type, IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder builder) Register an IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder against the IContainer type.

Methods inherited from interface fulmine.IDestroyable

destroy

Method Detail

registerBuilder

void registerBuilder(IType type,
                     IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder builder)

Register an IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder against the IContainer type. This will overwrite any existing builder registered against the type.

Parameters:

type - the type of the IContainer the builder creates

builder - the container builder to register

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the type code ( IType.value() ) is less than Type.BASE_USER_START

See Also:

containsType(IType), IContainer.getType()

containsType

boolean containsType(IType type)

Does the factory contain an IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder (and by association, an IContainerDefinitionField) registered against the IContainer type argument.

Parameters:

type - the type of the IContainer the builder creates

Returns:

true if there is a IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder registered against the type

See Also:

IContainer.getType()

getDefinition

IContainerDefinitionField getDefinition(IType type)

Get the IContainerDefinitionField registered against the IContainer type argument. This should not be called for dynamic container types.

Parameters:

type - the type of the IContainer the definition applies to

Returns:

the IContainerDefinitionField for the type of the IContainer

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the IContainer is a dynamic type (there will be no IContainerDefinitionField found)

See Also:

containsType(IType), IContainer.getType()

createContainer

<T extends IContainer> T createContainer(String nativeContextIdentity,
                                         String identity,
                                         IType type,
                                         IDomain domain,
                                         IFrameworkContext hostContext,
                                         boolean local)

Create an IContainer implementation from the type argument. If there is no application IContainerFactory.IContainerBuilder registered for the type, a default builder is used that creates an Record.

Parameters:

nativeContextIdentity - the name of the context this container is native to - the name of its local context

identity - the identity for the container to create

type - the type of the IContainer implementation to create

domain - the domain for the container implementation

hostContext - the context hosting this container instance

local - true the container is local to this context

Returns:

an IContainer implementation

See Also:

containsType(IType), IContainer.getType()