net.sf.mmm.util.property.api.factory

Interface PropertyFactory<V,P extends ReadableProperty<V>>

Type Parameters:

V - the generic type of the property value.

P - the generic type of the property implementation.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPropertyFactory, PropertyFactoryBoolean, PropertyFactoryByte, PropertyFactoryDouble, PropertyFactoryFloat, PropertyFactoryGeneric, PropertyFactoryInstant, PropertyFactoryInteger, PropertyFactoryLink, PropertyFactoryList, PropertyFactoryLocalDate, PropertyFactoryLocalDateTime, PropertyFactoryLong, PropertyFactoryMap, PropertyFactorySet, PropertyFactoryShort, PropertyFactoryString

@ComponentSpecification(plugin=true)
public interface PropertyFactory<V,P extends ReadableProperty<V>>

This is the interface for the factory of a specific property type. You can directly instantiate implementations such as StringProperty. However for generic support such as BeanAccess.createProperty(String, Class) according types have to be registered via an implementation of this interface.

Since:

8.0.0

Author:

hohwille

See Also:

PropertyFactoryManager

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
P	create(String name, GenericType<? extends V> valueType, Bean bean, AbstractValidator<? super V> validator) Creates a new instance of the property.
Class<P>	getImplementationClass()
Class<? extends ReadableProperty<V>>	getReadableInterface()
Class<? extends V>	getValueClass()
Class<? extends WritableProperty<V>>	getWritableInterface()

Method Detail

getValueClass

Class<? extends V> getValueClass()

Returns:

the Class of the property value. May be null for GenericProperty.

getReadableInterface

Class<? extends ReadableProperty<V>> getReadableInterface()

Returns:

the Class reflecting the ReadableProperty interface.

getWritableInterface

Class<? extends WritableProperty<V>> getWritableInterface()

Returns:

the Class reflecting the WritableProperty interface.

getImplementationClass

Class<P> getImplementationClass()

Returns:

the Class reflecting the WritableProperty implementation.

create

P create(String name,
         GenericType<? extends V> valueType,
         Bean bean,
         AbstractValidator<? super V> validator)

Creates a new instance of the property.

Parameters:

name - the property name.

valueType - is the GenericType of the value. Only needed for generic properties such as GenericProperty or ListProperty. Can be null if the generic value type is already bound and should be ignored then.

bean - the property bean.

validator - the validator used for validation. May be null.

Returns:

the new instance of the property.