HandleLookup (org.refcodes:refcodes-component 2.0.0 API)

Type Parameters:

H - The type of the handles.

REF - The type of the objects to which the handles reference to.

All Known Subinterfaces:

CompositeComponentHandle<H,REF>, HandleDirectory<H,REF>
```
public interface HandleLookup<H,REF>
```
Any system in this framework being able to work with handles provides an implementation of the handle lookup interface. This enables a unified access to the system wide handles.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`hasHandle(H aHandle)`	Used to test if the given handle is known by an implementing system.
`REF`	`lookupHandle(H aHandle)`	Gets the object associated to a given handle.
`REF`	`removeHandle(H aHandle)`	Gets the descriptor for a given handle.

- Method Detail
  - hasHandle
```
boolean hasHandle(H aHandle)
```
    Used to test if the given handle is known by an implementing system.
    
    Parameters:
    
    aHandle - The handle for which to find out if there is any related data.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the handle is known.
  - lookupHandle
```
REF lookupHandle(H aHandle)
          throws UnknownHandleRuntimeException
```
    Gets the object associated to a given handle.
    
    Parameters:
    
    aHandle - The handle for which to get the related data.
    
    Returns:
    
    The object associated to the given handle.
    
    Throws:
    
    UnknownHandleRuntimeException - the unknown handle runtime exception
  - removeHandle
```
REF removeHandle(H aHandle)
          throws UnknownHandleRuntimeException
```
    Gets the descriptor for a given handle.
    
    Parameters:
    
    aHandle - The handle for which to get the descriptor.
    
    Returns:
    
    The descriptor for the given handle.
    
    Throws:
    
    UnknownHandleRuntimeException - the unknown handle runtime exception