org.coliper.ibean.extension

Interface Freezable<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

TempFreezable<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

FreezableHandler

public interface Freezable<T>

Extension interface that allows setting the status of a bean to immutable ("frozen") by preventing all further setter calls.
The generic type T of this interface should be set to the bean type. The generic type is used in freeze() to allow chaining freeze() to modern bean style setters.

If you want to be able to make the bean immutable again use sub interface TempFreezable.

The bean instance is set to immutable (aka frozen) by calling freeze(). All subsequent calls to any setter will cause a BeanFrozenException to be thrown from the setter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	freeze() Set the bean to immutable and prevents all further setter calls.
boolean	isFrozen()

Method Detail

freeze

T freeze()

Set the bean to immutable and prevents all further setter calls.

Returns:

this (the bean itself); used for chaining with setter calls in ModernBeanStyle

isFrozen

boolean isFrozen()

Returns:

true if the bean was switched to immutable with a previous freeze() call