delight.factories

Interface Factory<ObjectType,ConfigurationType extends Configuration,DependenciesType extends Dependencies>

All Known Subinterfaces:

FactoryCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

FactoryCollectionImpl

public interface Factory<ObjectType,ConfigurationType extends Configuration,DependenciesType extends Dependencies>

A factory which can instantiate objects from a Configuration and run-time Dependencies.

Author:

Max

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canInstantiate(Configuration conf) This method tests whether the supplied Configuration can be instantiated into an object by this factory.
ObjectType	create(ConfigurationType conf, DependenciesType dependencies) Creates a new instance based on the provided Configuration.

Method Detail

canInstantiate

boolean canInstantiate(Configuration conf)

This method tests whether the supplied Configuration can be instantiated into an object by this factory.

Parameters:

conf - A configuration for an object to be instantiated.

Returns:

true when this factory can create an instance for the provided configuration.

create

ObjectType create(ConfigurationType conf,
                  DependenciesType dependencies)

Creates a new instance based on the provided Configuration.

Run-time dependencies can be provided through the dependencies type for this factory.

Parameters:

conf - The configuration used to instantiate the object.

dependencies - Run-time dependencies for this object.

Returns: