| /* |
| * 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.qi4j.api.composite; |
| |
| import org.qi4j.api.common.ConstructionException; |
| |
| /** |
| * This factory creates TransientComposites and the TransientBuilders. |
| * |
| * TransientComposite instances are very flexible in what it can reference, but are restricted in where they |
| * can be used. So, TransientComposites are mainly recommended where Values, Entities and Services can not be used, |
| * but they can also not be used to store state, be serialized across a network or have automatic equals/hashCode |
| * calculations. |
| */ |
| public interface TransientBuilderFactory |
| { |
| /** |
| * Create a builder for creating new TransientComposites that implements the given TransientComposite type. |
| * |
| * @param mixinType an interface that describes the TransientComposite to be instantiated |
| * |
| * @return a TransientBuilder for creation of TransientComposites implementing the interface |
| * |
| * @throws NoSuchTransientException if no composite extending the mixinType has been registered |
| */ |
| <T> TransientBuilder<T> newTransientBuilder( Class<T> mixinType ) |
| throws NoSuchTransientException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Instantiate a TransientComposite of the given type. |
| * |
| * @param mixinType the TransientComposite type to instantiate |
| * |
| * @return a new TransientComposite instance |
| * |
| * @throws NoSuchTransientException if no composite extending the mixinType has been registered |
| * @throws org.qi4j.api.common.ConstructionException |
| * if the composite could not be instantiated |
| */ |
| <T> T newTransient( Class<T> mixinType, Object... uses ) |
| throws NoSuchTransientException, ConstructionException; |
| } |