| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2007, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved. |
| * Copyright (c) 2007, Niclas Hedhman. All Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| * |
| */ |
| package org.apache.zest.api.object; |
| |
| import org.apache.zest.api.common.ConstructionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * This factory creates and injects POJO's. |
| */ |
| public interface ObjectFactory |
| { |
| /** |
| * Create new objects of the given type. |
| * |
| * @param type an object class which will be instantiated. |
| * |
| * @return new objects. |
| * |
| * @throws ConstructionException Thrown if instantiation fails. |
| * @throws NoSuchObjectException Thrown if {@code type} class is not an object. |
| */ |
| <T> T newObject( Class<T> type, Object... uses ) |
| throws NoSuchObjectException, ConstructionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Inject an existing instance. Only fields and methods will be called. |
| * |
| * @param instance |
| * |
| * @throws ConstructionException |
| */ |
| void injectTo( Object instance, Object... uses ) |
| throws ConstructionException; |
| } |