org.nanocontainer.integrationkit
Interface ContainerBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultLifecycleContainerBuilder, LifecycleContainerBuilder, ScriptedContainerBuilder, XMLContainerBuilder, XStreamContainerBuilder

public interface ContainerBuilder

The responsibility of a ContainerBuilder is to instantiate and compose containers. (Composition means assembly (registration) and configuration (setting primitive parameters) of components).

Author:

Joe Walnes

Method Summary

void	buildContainer(org.picocontainer.defaults.ObjectReference containerRef, org.picocontainer.defaults.ObjectReference parentContainerRef, Object compositionScope, boolean addChildToParent) Create, assemble, init and start a new PicoContainer and store it at a given reference.
void	killContainer(org.picocontainer.defaults.ObjectReference containerRef) Locate a container at the given reference so it can be stopped, destroyed and removed.

Method Detail

buildContainer

void buildContainer(org.picocontainer.defaults.ObjectReference containerRef,
                    org.picocontainer.defaults.ObjectReference parentContainerRef,
                    Object compositionScope,
                    boolean addChildToParent)

Create, assemble, init and start a new PicoContainer and store it at a given reference.

Parameters:

containerRef - Where to store the new container.

parentContainerRef - reference to a container that may be used as a parent to the new container (may be null).

compositionScope - Hint about the scope for composition.

killContainer

void killContainer(org.picocontainer.defaults.ObjectReference containerRef)

Locate a container at the given reference so it can be stopped, destroyed and removed.

Parameters:

containerRef - Where the container is stored.