| /* |
| * Copyright 2008 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.bootstrap; |
| |
| /** |
| * Factory for creating new Zest application assemblies. Typically |
| * you will implement one or more Assemblers, wrap them in an ApplicationAssembler, |
| * which then uses this factory to assemble and create applications. |
| */ |
| public interface ApplicationAssemblyFactory |
| { |
| /** |
| * Create a new application with one layer and one module. |
| * |
| * @param assembler the assembler for the single module |
| * |
| * @return the application instance |
| * |
| * @throws AssemblyException if the application could not be assembled |
| */ |
| ApplicationAssembly newApplicationAssembly( Assembler assembler ) |
| throws AssemblyException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a new application with the same amount of layers |
| * as the first array size, with modules according to the second array size, |
| * and then use the third array for assemblers of each module. This gives you |
| * a simple way to create "pancake" layered applications. |
| * |
| * @param assemblers the set of assemblers for the application |
| * |
| * @return the application instance |
| * |
| * @throws AssemblyException if the application could not be assembled |
| */ |
| ApplicationAssembly newApplicationAssembly( Assembler[][][] assemblers ) |
| throws AssemblyException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a new ApplicationAssembly that can be used for the above method. |
| * |
| * @return a new ApplicationAssembly |
| */ |
| ApplicationAssembly newApplicationAssembly(); |
| } |