Package de.fraunhofer.iosb.ilt.configurable

Interface ConfigurableFactory

public interface ConfigurableFactory

The interface that context classes can implement to indicate they are a factory for classes.

Author:

scf

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default <T> T	instantiate(Class<? extends T> clazz, com.google.gson.JsonElement config, Object runtimeContext, Object editContext)	Create an instance of the given class.
Object	instantiate(String className, com.google.gson.JsonElement config, Object runtimeContext, Object editContext)	Create an instance of the given class.
default Class<?>	loadClass(String name)	Loads the class with the specified binary name.

Method Detail

instantiate

Object instantiate(String className,
                   com.google.gson.JsonElement config,
                   Object runtimeContext,
                   Object editContext)
            throws ConfigurationException

Create an instance of the given class.

Parameters:

className - The name of the class to instantiate.

config - The configuration of the class.

runtimeContext - The runtime context for the instance.

editContext - The edit context for the instance.

Returns:

an instance of the given class

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if there is a problem instantiating the class.

instantiate

default <T> T instantiate(Class<? extends T> clazz,
                          com.google.gson.JsonElement config,
                          Object runtimeContext,
                          Object editContext)
                   throws ConfigurationException

Create an instance of the given class.

Type Parameters:

T - The class type.

Parameters:

clazz - The class to instantiate.

config - The configuration of the class.

runtimeContext - The runtime context for the instance.

editContext - The edit context for the instance.

Returns:

an instance of the given class

Throws:

ConfigurationException - if there is a problem instantiating the class.

loadClass

default Class<?> loadClass(String name)
                    throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads the class with the specified binary name. This method searches for classes in the same manner as the ClassLoader.loadClass(String, boolean) method.

Parameters:

name - The binary name of the class

Returns:

The resulting Class object

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If the class was not found