| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2009, Rickard Öberg. 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.value; |
| |
| import org.apache.zest.api.association.AssociationStateHolder; |
| import org.apache.zest.api.common.ConstructionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Builder for Values. |
| */ |
| public interface ValueBuilder<T> |
| { |
| AssociationStateHolder state(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Get a representation of the state for the new Value. |
| * It is possible to access and update properties and associations, |
| * even immutable ones since the builder represents the initial state. |
| * |
| * @return a mutable instance of the Value type |
| */ |
| T prototype(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Get a representation of the state of the given type for the new ValueComposite. |
| * This is primarily used if you want to provide state for a private mixin type. |
| * |
| * @param mixinType the mixin which you want to provide state for |
| * |
| * @return a proxy implementing the given mixin type |
| */ |
| <K> K prototypeFor( Class<K> mixinType ); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a new Composite instance. |
| * |
| * @return a new Composite instance |
| * |
| * @throws org.apache.zest.api.common.ConstructionException |
| * thrown if it was not possible to instantiate the Composite |
| */ |
| T newInstance() |
| throws ConstructionException; |
| } |