Module org.microbean.bean

Package org.microbean.bean

Interface Request<I>

Type Parameters:

I - the type of the contextual reference

All Superinterfaces:

Creation<I>

public interface Request<I>
extends Creation<I>

A request for a contextual reference of a particular type, along with functionality to help fulfil the request.

Author:

Laird Nelson

See Also:

• beanReduction()
• ReferenceSelector
• Creation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BeanReduction<I>	beanReduction()	Returns the BeanReduction describing this Request in progress.
<J> Request<J>	child(BeanReduction<J> beanReduction)
default <R> R	reference(AttributedType attributedType)
<R> R	reference(AttributedType attributedType, Bean<R> bean, Creation<R> creation)
default <R> R	reference(AttributedType attributedType, Creation<R> creation)

Methods inherited from interface org.microbean.bean.Creation

created

Method Details

beanReduction

BeanReduction<I> beanReduction()

Returns the BeanReduction describing this Request in progress.

Returns:

the BeanReduction describing this Request in progress; never null

See Also:

• BeanReduction

Idempotency:

Implementations of this method must be idempotent and deterministic.

Nullability:

Implementations of this method must not return null.

Thread Safety:

Implementations of this method must be safe for concurrent use by multiple threads.

child

<J> Request<J> child(BeanReduction<J> beanReduction)

reference

default <R> R reference(AttributedType attributedType)

reference

<R> R reference(AttributedType attributedType,
 Bean<R> bean,
 Creation<R> creation)

reference

default <R> R reference(AttributedType attributedType,
 Creation<R> creation)