org.directwebremoting.spring
Class BeanCreator

java.lang.Object
  org.directwebremoting.create.AbstractCreator
      org.directwebremoting.spring.BeanCreator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Creator

public class BeanCreator
extends AbstractCreator

A creator that proxies to the specified bean.
Note that it can be configured with additional include rules, exclude rules, filters and authentication rules using the specified creator configuration.

Author:

Bram Smeets

See Also:

CreatorConfig

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.directwebremoting.extend.Creator

APPLICATION, PAGE, REQUEST, SCRIPT, SESSION

Constructor Summary

BeanCreator()

Method Summary

void	afterPropertiesSet() Is called by the Spring container after all properties have been set.
CreatorConfig	getConfig() Gets the configuration for this creator.
java.lang.Object	getInstance() Accessor for the instance of this creator.
java.lang.Class	getType() Accessor for the class that this creator allows access to.
void	setBean(java.lang.Object bean) Sets the bean for this bean creator.
void	setBeanClass(java.lang.Class beanClass) Sets the bean class for this creator.
void	setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) Sets the bean factory that contains this BeanCreator.
void	setBeanId(java.lang.String beanId) Sets the id of the bean to remote using DWR.
void	setConfig(CreatorConfig config) Sets the configuration for this creator.

Methods inherited from class org.directwebremoting.create.AbstractCreator

checkScope, getJavascript, getScope, isCacheable, setCacheable, setJavascript, setProperties, setScope, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeanCreator

public BeanCreator()

Method Detail

afterPropertiesSet

public void afterPropertiesSet()

Is called by the Spring container after all properties have been set.
It is implemented in order to initialize the beanClass field correctly and to make sure that either the bean id or the bean itself have been set on this creator.

See Also:

org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

Accessor for the class that this creator allows access to.
It returns the class specified by the beanClass property. In case no class name has been set, it returns the class of the specified bean.

Returns:

the type of this allowed class

getInstance

public java.lang.Object getInstance()

Accessor for the instance of this creator.
It returns the specified bean property.

Returns:

the bean instance of this creator

setBean

public void setBean(java.lang.Object bean)

Sets the bean for this bean creator.

Parameters:

bean - the bean for this creator

setBeanClass

public void setBeanClass(java.lang.Class beanClass)

Sets the bean class for this creator.
Use this property to specify a different class or interface for instance in case the specified bean is a proxy or implementation and we want to expose the interface.

Parameters:

beanClass - the class of the bean to remote

setBeanId

public void setBeanId(java.lang.String beanId)

Sets the id of the bean to remote using DWR.
Either set this property on the creator, or set the bean to be remoted directly on this creator.

Parameters:

beanId - the id of the bean to remote

setConfig

public void setConfig(CreatorConfig config)

Sets the configuration for this creator.
Use the configuration to specify include and exclude rules, filters and/or authentication rules.

Parameters:

config - the configuration for this creator

See Also:

CreatorConfig

getConfig

public CreatorConfig getConfig()

Gets the configuration for this creator.

Returns:

the configuration for this creator

setBeanFactory

public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
                    throws BeansException

Sets the bean factory that contains this BeanCreator.

Parameters:

beanFactory - the beanFactory that created this BeanCreator

Throws:

BeansException

See Also:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware#setBeanFactory(org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory)