com.chemaxon.apidiscovery

Class CreatorWrapper<T>

java.lang.Object

com.chemaxon.apidiscovery.CreatorWrapper<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Type of the created instance

@Beta
public class CreatorWrapper<T>
extends Object

CreatorWrapper acts as a type- and instance -dependent service loader.

A creator method simply creates an instance of a type from an instance of a parameter type. (Consider here the Descriptors API createXXXComparator methods.) When the parameter type has free parameters it should be implemented as an immutable parameter object - builder class pair. This wrapper usually wraps a default instance of such immutable parameter objects; however it returns an associated builder to change.

Please note that this class is marked with Beta annotation, so it can be subject of incompatible changes or removal in later releases.

Author:

Gabor Imre

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	create() Invoke creator method.
Object	getBuilderOrParameterObject() Get the parameter object or its mutable builder if exists.
String	getDescription()
String	getName()
String	getShortName()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getBuilderOrParameterObject

public Object getBuilderOrParameterObject()

Get the parameter object or its mutable builder if exists.

If the returned object is mutable then its state will be considered upon creation

Returns:

The wrapped parameter object or its builder when exists.

getShortName

public String getShortName()

getName

public String getName()

getDescription

public String getDescription()

create

public T create()

Invoke creator method.

Use builder if exists, otherwise initial

Returns:

The created instance