tools.gsf.config

Interface Factory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDelegatingFactory, IcsBackedFactory, ServletContextBackedFactory

public interface Factory

Factory clas used to get and/or create objects. This can be used to configure an application, and is used internally by other components like the InjectForRequestInjector.

Since:

2016-08-05

Author:

Tony Field

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	getObject(String name, Class<T> type) Return an object with the type specified.

Method Detail

getObject

<T> T getObject(String name,
                Class<T> type)

Return an object with the type specified. If a name is provided, more than one variant of the specified type could be returned.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the object to return

Parameters:

name - the name used to identify the variant of the class to be returned. If no name is specified, then the class name of the type specified is assumed.

type - the type of the oblject to return

Returns:

the matching object, or null if the factory does not know how to create the type specified.