org.jboss.webbeans.context.api
Interface BeanStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMapBackedBeanStore, ConcurrentHashMapBeanStore, ForwardingBeanStore

public interface BeanStore

Interface for different implementations of Bean to Bean instance storage. Used primarily by the contexts.

Author:

Nicklas Karlsson

Method Summary

void	clear() Clears the storage of any bean instances
<T> T	get(javax.context.Contextual<? extends T> bean) Gets an instance of a bean from the storage.
java.lang.Iterable<javax.context.Contextual<? extends java.lang.Object>>	getBeans() Returns an Iterable over the current contents in the storage
<T> void	put(javax.context.Contextual<? extends T> bean, T instance) Adds a bean instance to the storage
<T> T	remove(javax.context.Contextual<? extends T> bean) Removes an instance of a bean from the storage

Method Detail

get

<T> T get(javax.context.Contextual<? extends T> bean)

Gets an instance of a bean from the storage.

Parameters:

bean - The bean whose instance to return

Returns:

The instance. Null if not found

remove

<T> T remove(javax.context.Contextual<? extends T> bean)

Removes an instance of a bean from the storage

Parameters:

bean - The bean whose instance to remove

Returns:

The removed instance. Null if not found in storage.

clear

void clear()

Clears the storage of any bean instances

getBeans

java.lang.Iterable<javax.context.Contextual<? extends java.lang.Object>> getBeans()

Returns an Iterable over the current contents in the storage

Returns:

An Iterable over the keys in the storage

put

<T> void put(javax.context.Contextual<? extends T> bean,
             T instance)

Adds a bean instance to the storage

Parameters:

bean - The bean type. Used as key

instance - The instance to add