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

Interface PropertyFactoryManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyFactoryManagerImpl

@ComponentSpecification
public interface PropertyFactoryManager

This is the interface for the manager where all PropertyFactory variants are registered.

Since:

8.0.0

Author:

hohwille

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<V,PROPERTY extends ReadableProperty<V>> PROPERTY	create(Class<PROPERTY> propertyType, GenericType<V> valueType, boolean polymorphic, String name, Bean bean, AbstractValidator<? super V> validator)
default <V,PROPERTY extends ReadableProperty<V>> PropertyFactory<V,? extends PROPERTY>	getFactory(Class<PROPERTY> propertyType, Class<? extends V> valueType, boolean polymorphic)
<V,PROPERTY extends ReadableProperty<V>> PropertyFactory<V,? extends PROPERTY>	getFactoryForPropertyType(Class<PROPERTY> propertyType)
<V> PropertyFactory<V,? extends ReadableProperty<V>>	getFactoryForValueType(Class<? extends V> valueType, boolean polymorphic)
default <V,PROPERTY extends ReadableProperty<V>> PropertyFactory<V,? extends PROPERTY>	getRequiredFactory(Class<PROPERTY> propertyType, Class<V> valueType, boolean polymorphic)

Method Detail

getFactoryForPropertyType

<V,PROPERTY extends ReadableProperty<V>> PropertyFactory<V,? extends PROPERTY> getFactoryForPropertyType(Class<PROPERTY> propertyType)

Type Parameters:

V - the generic type of the property value.

PROPERTY - the generic type of the property.

Parameters:

propertyType - the Class reflecting the property to create. May be the readable interface, writable interface, or the implementation.

Returns:

the according PropertyFactory or null if no such factory is registered.

getFactoryForValueType

<V> PropertyFactory<V,? extends ReadableProperty<V>> getFactoryForValueType(Class<? extends V> valueType,
                                                                            boolean polymorphic)

Type Parameters:

V - the generic type of the property value.

Parameters:

valueType - the Class reflecting the property value.

polymorphic - - true if also sub-types of value classes should be accepted as valueType, false otherwise (more efficient).

Returns:

the according PropertyFactory or null if no such factory is registered.

See Also:

PropertyFactory.getValueClass()

getFactory

default <V,PROPERTY extends ReadableProperty<V>> PropertyFactory<V,? extends PROPERTY> getFactory(Class<PROPERTY> propertyType,
                                                                                                  Class<? extends V> valueType,
                                                                                                  boolean polymorphic)

Type Parameters:

V - the generic type of the property value.

PROPERTY - the generic type of the property.

Parameters:

propertyType - the Class reflecting the property to create. May be the readable interface, writable interface, or the implementation.

valueType - the Class reflecting the property value.

polymorphic - - see getFactoryForValueType(Class, boolean).

Returns:

the according PropertyFactory or null if no such factory is registered.

getRequiredFactory

default <V,PROPERTY extends ReadableProperty<V>> PropertyFactory<V,? extends PROPERTY> getRequiredFactory(Class<PROPERTY> propertyType,
                                                                                                          Class<V> valueType,
                                                                                                          boolean polymorphic)

Type Parameters:

V - the generic type of the property value.

PROPERTY - the generic type of the property.

Parameters:

propertyType - the Class reflecting the property to create. May be the readable interface, writable interface, or the implementation.

valueType - the Class reflecting the property value.

polymorphic - - see getFactoryForValueType(Class, boolean).

Returns:

the according PropertyFactory or null if no such factory is registered.

create

<V,PROPERTY extends ReadableProperty<V>> PROPERTY create(Class<PROPERTY> propertyType,
                                                         GenericType<V> valueType,
                                                         boolean polymorphic,
                                                         String name,
                                                         Bean bean,
                                                         AbstractValidator<? super V> validator)
                                                  throws ObjectNotFoundException

Type Parameters:

V - the generic type of the property value.

PROPERTY - the generic type of the property to create.

Parameters:

propertyType - the Class reflecting the property to create. May be the readable interface, writable interface, or the implementation.

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.

polymorphic - - see getFactoryForValueType(Class, boolean).

name - the property name.

bean - the property bean.

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

Returns:

the new instance of the property.

Throws:

ObjectNotFoundException - if no PropertyFactory was found for propertyType.