Package org.archifacts.core.model

Class ApplicationBuilder

java.lang.Object

org.archifacts.core.model.ApplicationBuilder

public final class ApplicationBuilder
extends Object

Offers methods to register descriptors and is capable of building the Application by applying those descriptors. An instance of ApplicationBuilder can be obtained by calling Application.builder(). Note: Adding descriptors is not thread-safe!

Author:

Oliver Libutzki

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Application	buildApplication(com.tngtech.archunit.core.domain.JavaClasses javaClasses)	Build the Application by applying the descriptors.
ApplicationBuilder	descriptor(Descriptor descriptor)	Registers a Descriptor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

descriptor

public ApplicationBuilder descriptor(Descriptor descriptor)

Registers a Descriptor. Supported descriptors are:

• ArtifactContainerDescriptor
• BuildingBlockDescriptor
• SourceBasedArtifactRelationshipDescriptor
• TargetBasedArtifactRelationshipDescriptor

Parameters:

descriptor - the descriptor to be added, cannot be null

Returns:

this instance for method-chaining

buildApplication

public Application buildApplication(com.tngtech.archunit.core.domain.JavaClasses javaClasses)

Build the Application by applying the descriptors.

Parameters:

javaClasses - The application's scope. All the classes which are part of JavaClasses are classes which are contained in the application. Cannot be null.

Returns:

the Application