com.phloc.commons.factory

Interface IFactoryWithParameter<DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

Type Parameters:

DATATYPE - The type of object to create.

PARAMTYPE - The type of the parameter.

All Known Subinterfaces:

IHierarchicalFactory<DATATYPE>, ITreeItemFactory<DATATYPE,ITEMTYPE>, IValidationEventHandlerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTreeItemFactory, CollectingLoggingValidationEventHandlerFactory, CollectingValidationEventHandlerFactory, ConstantValidationEventHandlerFactory, DefaultTreeItemFactory, DoNothingValidationEventHandlerFactory, LoggingValidationEventHandlerFactory

public interface IFactoryWithParameter<DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

This is a generic interface for creating objects of a certain type.

Author:

Philip

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DATATYPE	create(PARAMTYPE aParameter) Create an object of the desired type.

Method Detail

create

@DevelopersNote(value="No @Nullable annotation as we can make no assumptions on the state")
DATATYPE create(PARAMTYPE aParameter)

Create an object of the desired type.

Parameters:

aParameter - The parameter required to create the object. May be null depending on the implementation.

Returns:

The created object. May be null depending on the implementation.