delight.factories

Interface FactoryCollection

All Superinterfaces:

Factory<Object,Configuration,Dependencies>

All Known Implementing Classes:

FactoryCollectionImpl

public interface FactoryCollection
extends Factory<Object,Configuration,Dependencies>

A collection of factories. It supports the full Factory interface but instead of trying to instantiate objects from one factory, it automatically forwards calls to all registered factories.

Author:

Max Rohde

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	register(Factory<?,?,?> factory) Registers a new factory for this collection.
void	replace(Configuration configuration, Factory<?,?,?> factory) Attempts to find a factory in this collection, which is capable of instantiating the provided configuration.

Methods inherited from interface delight.factories.Factory

canInstantiate, create

Method Detail

register

void register(Factory<?,?,?> factory)

Registers a new factory for this collection.

If a Configuration compatible with this factory is passed to subsequent calls of FactoryCollection#create(Configuration, Dependencies), this factory will be used to instantiate the object.

The collection will always use the first factory registered to instantate objects.

Parameters:

factory - The factory to be added to the collection.

replace

void replace(Configuration configuration,
             Factory<?,?,?> factory)

Attempts to find a factory in this collection, which is capable of instantiating the provided configuration.

If such a factory is found, it is replaced with the provided factory.

Parameters:

factory -