de.intarsys.tools.adapter

Interface IAdapterSupport

All Known Implementing Classes:

DelegatingLocator, HashedTrustedLocator, ImmutableDelegatingLocator, LocatorByReference, LocatorViewport, MemoryTrustedLocator, MutableDelegatingLocator, ReadOnlyLocator, RenamedLocator, TrustedLocator

public interface IAdapterSupport

An object that is able to be adapted to another type.

This can be interpreted as a "dynamic" cast to a type that is not statically declared for the receiver. This pattern allows more freedom in layered / component oriented architectures, as the receiver object is not forced to implement a certain interface at compile time. Moreover, the "instanceof" predicate can be implemented on a per instance base.

A generic implementation of this method could use the IAdapterOutlet singleton to delegate adapter creation to a registered IAdapterFactory.

 public <T> T getAdapter(Class<T> clazz) {
        return AdapterOutlet.get().getAdapter(this, clazz);
 }
 

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	getAdapter(Class<T> clazz) Return an object of type clazz that represents the receiver.

Method Detail

getAdapter

<T> T getAdapter(Class<T> clazz)

Return an object of type clazz that represents the receiver.

This method should return null if adaption is not possible.

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

clazz -

Returns:

Return an object of type clazz that represents the receiver.