- All Known Subinterfaces:
BeanFactory<TID>
- Functional Interface:
- This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
The
TypeLookupFactory
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
TypeLookupFactory
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 instances are generated. It mainly just needs to
know how to use the TypeLookupFactory
. 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
TypeLookupFactory
may return singletons or dedicated separate
instances when queried for instances.
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescription<T> Set<T>
createInstances
(Class<?> aType) This method creates / retrieves an all instances of the given type.default <T> Set<T>
toInstances
(Class<?> aType, Map<String, String> aProperties) This method creates / retrieves all instances of the given type.
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Method Details
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createInstances
This method creates / retrieves an 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.
- Throws:
ClassCastException
- in case the fabricated type is not type compatible with the required type T.
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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.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.
- Throws:
ClassCastException
- in case the fabricated type is not type compatible with the required type T.
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