Package org.anchoranalysis.bean.initializable.property

Interface InitializationParameterAssigner

All Known Implementing Classes:

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public interface InitializationParameterAssigner

Assigns a parameter to a bean, if the bean accepts it.

It is called by BeanInitializer to assign the parameter to the properties of the bean or its children.

Author:

Owen Feehan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	accepts(Class<?> initializationType)	Whether a particular type of initialization parameters is accepted?
void	assignInitializationToProperties(Object bean, Object initialization, Object parent, Logger logger)	Assigns the parameter to the bean.
String	describeAcceptedClasses()	A string describing which classes of initialization-parameters are accepted or not.

Method Details

accepts

boolean accepts(Class<?> initializationType)

Whether a particular type of initialization parameters is accepted?

Parameters:

initializationType - the class of initialization parameters to be checked, whether it is accepted or not.

Returns:

true iff paramType is an acceptable type for initialization parameters.

assignInitializationToProperties

void assignInitializationToProperties(Object bean,
 Object initialization,
 Object parent,
 Logger logger)
                               throws InitializeException

Assigns the parameter to the bean.

Parameters:

bean - the bean.

initialization - the parameter to assign.

parent - any parent bean of bean.

logger - the logger.

Throws:

InitializeException - if the initialization cannot successfully complete.

describeAcceptedClasses

String describeAcceptedClasses()

A string describing which classes of initialization-parameters are accepted or not.

Returns:

a human readable string.