org.osgl.inject

Enum ElementType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ElementType>

org.osgl.inject.ElementType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ElementType>

public enum ElementType
extends Enum<ElementType>

Used in AnnotatedWith and TypeOf annotation to specify the type of the element should be returned by TypedElementLoader and AnnotatedElementLoader respectively.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
BEAN Specify the element loader shall return the bean instantiated.
CLASS Specify the element loader shall return the Class found.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	loadAbstract() Specify whether it should load abstract class.
abstract List<Object>	transform(List<Class<?>> classes, Genie genie) Transform a list of classes into required elements.
static ElementType	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static ElementType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

CLASS

public static final ElementType CLASS

Specify the element loader shall return the Class found.

BEAN

public static final ElementType BEAN

Specify the element loader shall return the bean instantiated.

Method Detail

values

public static ElementType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (ElementType c : ElementType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ElementType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

transform

public abstract List<Object> transform(List<Class<?>> classes,
                                       Genie genie)

Transform a list of classes into required elements.

It will always return the passed in class list for CLASS element type

For BEAN it will return list of the instantiated instance from the class list using genie the dependency injector passed in

Parameters:

classes - the class list

genie - the injector

Returns:

transformed list

loadAbstract

public boolean loadAbstract()

Specify whether it should load abstract class.

Returns:

true if this element type is not BEAN