com.phloc.commons.factory

Interface IHierarchicalFactoryWithParameter<DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

Type Parameters:

DATATYPE - The type of object to create.

PARAMTYPE - The type of the parameter object.

All Superinterfaces:

IFactoryWithTwoParameters<DATATYPE,DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

All Known Subinterfaces:

IFolderTreeItemFactory<KEYTYPE,DATATYPE,COLLTYPE,ITEMTYPE>, ITreeItemWithIDFactory<KEYTYPE,DATATYPE,ITEMTYPE>, ITreeItemWithUniqueIDFactory<KEYTYPE,DATATYPE,ITEMTYPE>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFolderTreeItemFactory, AbstractTreeItemWithIDFactory, AbstractTreeItemWithUniqueIDFactory, DefaultFolderTreeItemFactory, DefaultTreeItemWithIDFactory, DefaultTreeItemWithUniqueIDFactory

public interface IHierarchicalFactoryWithParameter<DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>
extends IFactoryWithTwoParameters<DATATYPE,DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

This is a generic interface for creating objects of a certain type that have a parent item.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DATATYPE	create(DATATYPE aParent, PARAMTYPE aParam) 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(DATATYPE aParent,
                                  PARAMTYPE aParam)

Create an object of the desired type.

Specified by:

create in interface IFactoryWithTwoParameters<DATATYPE,DATATYPE,PARAMTYPE>

Parameters:

aParent - The parent item to use. May be null depending on the implementation.

aParam - The parameter to be passed. May be null depending on the implementation.

Returns:

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