org.picocontainer
Interface Parameter

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicComponentParameter, CollectionComponentParameter, ConstantParameter

public interface Parameter

This class provides control over the arguments that will be passed to a constructor. It can be used for finer control over what arguments are passed to a particular constructor.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Jon Tirsén, Aslak Hellesøy, Thomas Heller

See Also:

a method on the {@link MutablePicoContainer} interface which allows passing in of an array of {@linkplain Parameter Parameters}., an implementation of this interface that allows you to specify the key used for resolving the parameter., an implementation of this interface that allows you to specify a constant that will be used for resolving the parameter.

Method Summary

void	accept(PicoVisitor visitor) Accepts a visitor for this Parameter.
boolean	isResolvable(PicoContainer container, ComponentAdapter adapter, Class expectedType) Check if the Parameter can statisfy the expected type using the container.
Object	resolveInstance(PicoContainer container, ComponentAdapter adapter, Class expectedType) Retrieve the object from the Parameter that statisfies the expected type.
void	verify(PicoContainer container, ComponentAdapter adapter, Class expectedType) Verify that the Parameter can statisfied the expected type using the container

Method Detail

resolveInstance

public Object resolveInstance(PicoContainer container,
                              ComponentAdapter adapter,
                              Class expectedType)

Retrieve the object from the Parameter that statisfies the expected type.

Parameters:

container - the container from which dependencies are resolved.

adapter - the ComponentAdapter that is asking for the instance

expectedType - the type that the returned instance needs to match.

Returns:

the instance or null if no suitable instance can be found.

Throws:

PicoInitializationException - if a referenced component could not be instantiated.

Since:

1.1

isResolvable

public boolean isResolvable(PicoContainer container,
                            ComponentAdapter adapter,
                            Class expectedType)

Check if the Parameter can statisfy the expected type using the container.

Parameters:

container - the container from which dependencies are resolved.

adapter - the ComponentAdapter that is asking for the instance

expectedType - the required type

Returns:

true if the component parameter can be resolved.

Since:

1.1

verify

public void verify(PicoContainer container,
                   ComponentAdapter adapter,
                   Class expectedType)

Verify that the Parameter can statisfied the expected type using the container

Parameters:

container - the container from which dependencies are resolved.

adapter - the ComponentAdapter that is asking for the verification

expectedType - the required type

Throws:

PicoIntrospectionException - if parameter and its dependencies cannot be resolved

Since:

1.1

accept

public void accept(PicoVisitor visitor)

Accepts a visitor for this Parameter. The method is normally called by visiting a ComponentAdapter, that cascades the visitor also down to all its Parameters.

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor.

Since:

1.1