org.swixml
Interface Factory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFactory

public interface Factory

An interface to represent a generic factory

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Wolf Paulus

Field Summary

static String	ADDER_ID
static String	SETTER_ID Specifies the prefix string for all setter methods

Method Summary

Method	getSetter(Class template) Returns a setter method, which accepts a parameter of the given type
Method	getSetter(String name) Returns a setter method by name
Collection	getSetters()
Class	getTemplate()
Method	guessSetter(String name) Returns a setter method by a Attribute name.
Object	newInstance() Create a new component instance
Object	newInstance(Object parameter) Creates a new Object which class is getTemplate()
Object	newInstance(Object[] parameter) Creates a new Object which class is getTemplate() and the constructor parameter are parameter.

Field Detail

SETTER_ID

static final String SETTER_ID

Specifies the prefix string for all setter methods

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Constant Field Values

ADDER_ID

static final String ADDER_ID

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

newInstance

Object newInstance()
                   throws Exception

Create a new component instance

Returns:

instance Object a new instance of a template class

Throws:

Exception

newInstance

Object newInstance(Object parameter)
                   throws Exception

Creates a new Object which class is getTemplate()

Parameters:

parameter - Object, parameter used during construction or initialization.

Returns:

instance Object a new instance of a template class

Throws:

Exception

newInstance

Object newInstance(Object[] parameter)
                   throws InstantiationException,
                          IllegalAccessException,
                          InvocationTargetException

Creates a new Object which class is getTemplate() and the constructor parameter are parameter.

Parameters:

parameter - Object[] the parameter array to be passed into the constructor

Returns:

Object - the created object, an instance of the template class

Throws:

InstantiationException - if the creation of the object failed

IllegalAccessException - if the constructor is either private or protected.

InvocationTargetException - if the constructor invoked throws an exception

getTemplate

Class getTemplate()

Returns:

class - Class the backing class template

getSetters

Collection getSetters()

Returns:

Collection - containing all available setter methods

getSetter

Method getSetter(Class template)

Returns a setter method, which accepts a parameter of the given type

Parameters:

template - Class type of the setter method's parameter

Returns:

Method setter method which maybe invoked on an object of the template class

getSetter

Method getSetter(String name)

Returns a setter method by name

Parameters:

name - String name of the setter method

Returns:

Method - setter method which can be invoked on an object of the template class

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Typical Use:
 
Method method = factory.getSetter("set" + Parser.capitalize(attr.getName()));
 

guessSetter

Method guessSetter(String name)

Returns a setter method by a Attribute name. Differently to the getSetter method, here the attibute name can be used directly and case doesn't matter.

Parameters:

name - String name of the setter method

Returns:

Method - setter method which can invoked on an object of the template class

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Typical Use:
 
Method method = factory.getSetter( attr.getName() );