PropertyFactory (JavaDocs for mmm-all 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)

Type Parameters:

V - the generic type of the property value.

P - the generic type of the property implementation.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPropertyFactory, PropertyFactoryBean, PropertyFactoryBigDecimal, PropertyFactoryBigInteger, PropertyFactoryBoolean, PropertyFactoryByte, PropertyFactoryDouble, PropertyFactoryFloat, PropertyFactoryId, PropertyFactoryInstant, PropertyFactoryInteger, PropertyFactoryLink, PropertyFactoryList, PropertyFactoryLocalDate, PropertyFactoryLocalDateTime, PropertyFactoryLocalTime, PropertyFactoryLong, PropertyFactoryMap, PropertyFactoryObject, PropertyFactoryOffsetDateTime, PropertyFactoryOffsetTime, PropertyFactoryRange, PropertyFactorySet, PropertyFactoryShort, PropertyFactoryString, PropertyFactoryZonedDateTime
```
public interface PropertyFactory<V,P extends WritableProperty<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 according types have to be registered via an implementation of this interface.

Since:

1.0.0

See Also:

PropertyFactoryManager

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`P`	`create(String name, Class<? extends V> valueClass, PropertyMetadata<V> metadata)`	Creates a new instance of the property.
`Class<P>`	`getImplementationClass()`
`Class<? extends ReadableProperty<V>>`	`getReadableInterface()`
`Class<? extends V>`	`getValueClass()`
`Class<? extends WritableProperty<V>>`	`getWritableInterface()`
`default boolean`	`isPolymorphic()`

- Method Detail
  - getValueClass
```
Class<? extends V> getValueClass()
```
    Returns:
    
    the Class of the property value. May be null for a generic property.
  - getReadableInterface
```
Class<? extends ReadableProperty<V>> getReadableInterface()
```
    Returns:
    
    the Class reflecting the ReadableProperty interface. May be null if no dedicated readable interface exists.
  - getWritableInterface
```
Class<? extends WritableProperty<V>> getWritableInterface()
```
    Returns:
    
    the Class reflecting the WritableProperty interface. May be null if no dedicated writable interface exists.
  - getImplementationClass
```
Class<P> getImplementationClass()
```
    Returns:
    
    the Class reflecting the WritableProperty implementation.
  - create
```
P create(String name,
         Class<? extends V> valueClass,
         PropertyMetadata<V> metadata)
```
    Creates a new instance of the property.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the property name.
    
    valueClass - the value class.
    
    metadata - TODO
    
    Returns:
    
    the new instance of the property.
  - isPolymorphic
```
default boolean isPolymorphic()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if value class is polymorphic and also sub-types are handled by this PropertyFactory (unless there is a more specific PropertyFactory available), false otherwise.