Interface Initializer<I>

Type Parameters:

I - the type of contextual instance

All Superinterfaces:

Aggregate

public interface Initializer<I>
extends Aggregate

An interface whose implementations initialize contextual instances.

Initializers are subordinate to Producers, typically operating on the contextual instances they produce.

Author:

Laird Nelson

See Also:

• initialize(Object, Request)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.microbean.bean.Aggregate

EMPTY_ASSIGNMENTS, EMPTY_DEPENDENCIES

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
I	initialize(I i, Request<I> r)	Initializes the supplied contextual instance, possibly using the supplied Request to obtain supporting contextual references.

Methods inherited from interface org.microbean.bean.Aggregate

assign, dependencies

Method Details

initialize

I initialize(I i,
 Request<I> r)

Initializes the supplied contextual instance, possibly using the supplied Request to obtain supporting contextual references.

Typically Initializer implementations will call initializer methods and perform field injection on the supplied contextual instance.

Parameters:

i - the contextual instance to initialize; may be null

r - a Request that can be used to acquire supporting contextual references; may be null

Returns:

the initialized instance, or a copy of it, or a stand-in for it

See Also:

• Producer.produce(Request)