org.jvnet.hk2.component
Interface Factory<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Factory<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

Creator<T>, Holder<T>, Inhabitant<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCreatorImpl, AbstractCreatorInhabitantImpl, AbstractInhabitantImpl, ConstructorCreator, ConstructorWomb, EventPublishingInhabitant, ExistingSingletonInhabitant, FactoryCreator, Holder.Impl, InjectableParametizedConstructorCreator, Jsr330ConstructorWomb, Jsr330LazyInhabitant, LazyInhabitant, RunLevelInhabitant, ScopedInhabitant, SingletonInhabitant

public interface Factory<T>
extends Factory<T>

Hook to create/obtain an instance of a component from somewhere, instead of letting the auto-depends create it via the constructor.

Factory is by itself a component, so the factory implementation could have everything it needs injected.

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi

See Also:

Service, ContextualFactory

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.glassfish.hk2.Factory

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