org.refcodes.factory

Interface CollectionFactory<C extends Collection<?>>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the instances to be created by this factory.

public interface CollectionFactory<C extends Collection<?>>

The CollectionFactory defines the functionality which must be provided in order to represent a factory for object creation of *ALL* objects being of a requested type (in contrast to the TypeFactory and the LookupFactory which create instances of a predefined type specified with a generic argument). Many alternative implementations of a CollectionFactory may may exist which construct the instances their way.

Having factories that generic as we define it here, we are able to decouple our business logic from any specific framework: Your business logic must not know anything about how the instance are generated. It mainly just needs to know how to use the CollectionFactory. It is up to the application "end point", i.e. a command line tool with a main-method or a web-application to finally decide which factory to use.

Depending on the implementation used or configuration provided, the CollectionFactory may return singletons or dedicated separate instances when queried for instances.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
C	toInstances() This method creates / retrieves all instances of the given type.
default C	toInstances(org.refcodes.collection.Properties aProperties) This method creates / retrieves all instances of the given type.

Method Detail

toInstances

C toInstances()

This method creates / retrieves all instances of the given type.

Type Parameters:

T - The type which is to be fabricated by the factory method.

Parameters:

aType - The type identifying the instances to be created / retrieved.

Returns:

A set with all instance of the required type for the given type.

toInstances

default C toInstances(org.refcodes.collection.Properties aProperties)

This method creates / retrieves all instances of the given type.

Type Parameters:

T - The type which is to be fabricated by the factory method.

Parameters:

aType - The type identifying the instances to be created / retrieved.

aProperties - The dynamic properties which are used to configure the desired bean.

Returns:

A set with all instance of the required type for the given type.