de.intarsys.tools.adapter

Interface IAdapterFactory<B>

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAdapterOutlet

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardAdapterOutlet

public interface IAdapterFactory<B>

A factory instance that can create an adapter object of type clazz on behalf of the object object.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	getAdapter(B object, Class<T> clazz) Return an object of type clazz that represents object.
Class<B>	getBaseType() The type of objects that can be adapted by this factory.

Method Detail

getAdapter

<T> T getAdapter(B object,
               Class<T> clazz)

Return an object of type clazz that represents object.

This method should return null if adaption is not possible.

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

object -

clazz -

Returns:

Return an object of type clazz that represents object.

getBaseType

Class<B> getBaseType()

The type of objects that can be adapted by this factory.

Returns:

The type of objects that can be adapted by this factory.