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| package org.apache.commons.configuration2.beanutils; |
| |
| import java.util.Collection; |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p> |
| * Definition of an interface for declaring a bean in a configuration file. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * Commons Configurations allows to define beans (i.e. simple Java objects) in |
| * configuration files, which can be created at runtime. This is especially |
| * useful if you program against interfaces and want to define the concrete |
| * implementation class is a configuration file. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * This interface defines methods for retrieving all information about a bean |
| * that should be created from a configuration file, e.g. the bean's properties |
| * or the factory to use for creating the instance. With different |
| * implementations different "layouts" of bean declarations can be |
| * supported. For instance if an XML configuration file is used, all features of |
| * XML (e.g. attributes, nested elements) can be used to define the bean. In a |
| * properties file the declaration format is more limited. The purpose of this |
| * interface is to abstract from the concrete declaration format. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 1.3 |
| */ |
| public interface BeanDeclaration |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of the {@code BeanFactory} that should be used |
| * for creating the bean instance. This can be <b>null</b>, then a default |
| * factory will be used. |
| * |
| * @return the name of the bean factory |
| */ |
| String getBeanFactoryName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Here an arbitrary object can be returned that will be passed to the bean |
| * factory. Its meaning is not further specified. The purpose of this |
| * additional parameter is to support a further configuration of the bean |
| * factory that can be placed directly at the bean declaration. |
| * |
| * @return a parameter for the bean factory |
| */ |
| Object getBeanFactoryParameter(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of the bean class, from which an instance is to be |
| * created. This value must be defined unless a default class is provided |
| * for the bean creation operation. |
| * |
| * @return the name of the bean class |
| */ |
| String getBeanClassName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a map with properties that should be initialized on the newly |
| * created bean. The map's keys are the names of the properties; the |
| * corresponding values are the properties' values. The return value can be |
| * <b>null</b> if no properties should be set. |
| * |
| * @return a map with properties to be initialized |
| */ |
| Map<String, Object> getBeanProperties(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a map with declarations for beans that should be set as |
| * properties of the newly created bean. This allows for complex |
| * initialization scenarios: a bean for a bean that contains complex |
| * properties (e.g. other beans) can have nested declarations for defining |
| * these complex properties. The returned map's key are the names of the |
| * properties to initialize. The values are either {@code BeanDeclaration} |
| * implementations or collections thereof. They will be treated like this |
| * declaration (in a recursive manner), and the resulting beans are |
| * assigned to the corresponding properties. |
| * |
| * @return a map with nested bean declarations |
| */ |
| Map<String, Object> getNestedBeanDeclarations(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a collection with constructor arguments. This data is used to |
| * determine the constructor of the bean class to be invoked. The values of |
| * the arguments are passed to the constructor. An implementation can return |
| * <b>null</b> or an empty collection; then the standard constructor of the |
| * bean class is called. |
| * |
| * @return a collection with the arguments to be passed to the bean class's |
| * constructor |
| */ |
| Collection<ConstructorArg> getConstructorArgs(); |
| } |