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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by rd...@apache.org on 2003/08/22 00:38:41 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-commons/betwixt/src/java/org/apache/commons/betwixt/io/read ChainedBeanCreator.java
rdonkin 2003/08/21 15:38:41
Added: betwixt/src/java/org/apache/commons/betwixt/io/read
ChainedBeanCreator.java
Log:
Reafactored read bean creation into chain of independet creators. It can now be extended by users.
Revision Changes Path
1.1 jakarta-commons/betwixt/src/java/org/apache/commons/betwixt/io/read/ChainedBeanCreator.java
Index: ChainedBeanCreator.java
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/*
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package org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read;
/**
* Creator of beans that may delegate responsibility to members down the chain.
*
* @author Robert Burrell Donkin
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $
*/
public interface ChainedBeanCreator {
/**
* Creates a bean either directly or by delegating the responsibility to the other
* members of the chain.
*
* @param elementMapping specifies the mapping between the type and element.
* <strong>Note</strong> it is recommended that classes do not store a permenant
* reference to this object since these objects may later be reused.
* Not null
* @param context the context in which this converision happens, not null
* @param chain not null
* @return the Object created, possibly null
*/
public Object create(ElementMapping elementMapping, ReadContext context, BeanCreationChain chain);
}