com.google.web.bindery.autobean.shared

Interface AutoBeanFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

MessageFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAutoBeanFactory

public interface AutoBeanFactory

A tag interface for the AutoBean generator. Instances of AutoBeans are created by declaring factory methods on a subtype of this interface.

Simple interfaces, consisting of only getters and setters, can be constructed with a no-arg method. Non-simple interfaces must provide a delegate object to implement a non-simple interface or use a AutoBeanFactory.Category.

 interface MyFactory extends AutoBeanFactory {
   // A factory method for a simple bean
   AutoBean<BeanInterface> beanInterface();
   // A factory method for a wrapper bean
   AutoBean<ArbitraryInterface> wrapper(ArbitraryInterface delegate);
 }
 

See Also:

AutoBean wiki page

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	AutoBeanFactory.Category Allows non-property methods on simple bean implementations when applied.
static interface	AutoBeanFactory.NoWrap The types specified by this annotation will not be wrapped by an AutoBean when returned from an AutoBean-controlled method.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> AutoBean<T>	create(Class<T> clazz) Allows dynamic creation of AutoBean instances based on declared parameterizations.
<T,U extends T> AutoBean<T>	create(Class<T> clazz, U delegate) Allows dynamic creation of wrapped AutoBean instances based on declared parameterizations.

Method Detail

create

<T> AutoBean<T> create(Class<T> clazz)

Allows dynamic creation of AutoBean instances based on declared parameterizations.

Type Parameters:

T - the parameterization of the created AutoBean

Parameters:

clazz - the Class of type T of the new instance

Returns:

an AutoBean of type T or null if the interface type is unknown to the factory

create

<T,U extends T> AutoBean<T> create(Class<T> clazz,
                                 U delegate)

Allows dynamic creation of wrapped AutoBean instances based on declared parameterizations.

Type Parameters:

T - the parameterization of the created AutoBean

U - the delegate's type, a subtype of T

Parameters:

clazz - the Class of type T of the new instance

delegate - a delegate that extends type T

Returns:

an AutoBean of type T or null if the interface type is unknown to the factory