au.com.dius.fatboy.factory

Interface ClassFactory<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

GenericClassFactory<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClassFactory, AbstractGenericClassFactory, AbstractSemanticFactory, ArrayFactory, BooleanFactory, CollectionFactory, DateTimeFactory, EnumFactory, IntFactory, LongFactory, MapFactory, NullFactory, SimpleClassFactory, SimpleFieldFactory, SimpleGenericFieldFactory, StringFactory, UUIDFactory

public interface ClassFactory<T>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	create(Field field)
void	putHint(FactoryHint hint)
<P extends FactoryHint> void	removeHint(Class<P> clazz)
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

putHint

void putHint(FactoryHint hint)

Parameters:

hint - a new FactoryHint. If any FactoryHint with the same class exists, it should be replaced by this one.

removeHint

<P extends FactoryHint> void removeHint(Class<P> clazz)

Type Parameters:

P - a FactoryHint subclass

Parameters:

clazz - The subclass of FactoryHint you want to remove