au.com.dius.fatboy.factory

Interface ClassFactory<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

GenericClassFactory<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClassFactory, AbstractGenericClassFactory, BooleanFactory, CollectionFactory, DateTimeFactory, EnumFactory, IntFactory, LongFactory, MapFactory, SimpleClassFactory, SimpleFieldFactory, StringFactory, UUIDFactory

public interface ClassFactory<T>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	create(Field field)
void	setConfig(FactoryConfig config)
boolean	supports(Class clazz) Checks if this ClassFactory is targetted at a specific Class
boolean	supports(Field field) Checks if this ClassFactory is targetted at a specific field (can check for generics, annotations etc)

Method Detail

supports

boolean supports(Class clazz)

Checks if this ClassFactory is targetted at a specific Class

Parameters:

clazz - The class to check support against

Returns:

true if this ClassFactory supports the clazz requested to be created, false otherwise

supports

boolean supports(Field field)

Checks if this ClassFactory is targetted at a specific field (can check for generics, annotations etc)

Parameters:

field - The field to check support against

Returns:

true if this ClassFactory supports the field requested to be created, false otherwise

create

T create(Field field)

Parameters:

field - The field to create an instance of

Returns:

A new object of class type T that this class is a factory for

setConfig

void setConfig(FactoryConfig config)

Parameters:

config - the new FactoryConfig for this factory