brooklyn.entity.proxying
Interface EntitySpec<T extends Entity>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of entity to be created

public interface EntitySpec<T extends Entity>

Gives details of an entity to be created. It describes the entity's configuration, and is reusable to create multiple entities with the same configuration. To create an EntitySpec, it is strongly encouraged to use brooklyn.entity.proxying.EntitySpecs. Users who need to implement this are strongly encouraged to extend brooklyn.entity.proxying.BasicEntitySpec.

Method Summary

Set<Class<?>>	getAdditionalInterfaces()
Map<ConfigKey<?>,Object>	getConfig()
String	getDisplayName()
Map<String,?>	getFlags()
Class<? extends T>	getImplementation()
Entity	getParent()
List<Policy>	getPolicies()
Class<T>	getType()

Method Detail

getType

Class<T> getType()

Returns:

The type of the entity

getDisplayName

String getDisplayName()

Returns:

The display name of the entity

getImplementation

@Nullable
Class<? extends T> getImplementation()

Returns:

The implementation of the entity; if not null. this overrides any defaults or other configuration

See Also:

on the entity interface classes for how defaults are defined., for how implementations can be defined globally

getAdditionalInterfaces

Set<Class<?>> getAdditionalInterfaces()

getParent

Entity getParent()

Returns:

The entity's parent

getFlags

Map<String,?> getFlags()

Returns:

Read-only construction flags

See Also:

declarations on the entity type

getConfig

Map<ConfigKey<?>,Object> getConfig()

Returns:

Read-only configuration values

getPolicies

List<Policy> getPolicies()