org.mule.runtime.dsl.api.component

Interface ObjectFactory<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the object to be created.

All Superinterfaces:

org.mule.runtime.api.meta.AnnotatedObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnnotatedObjectFactory<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnnotatedObjectFactory

public interface ObjectFactory<T>
extends org.mule.runtime.api.meta.AnnotatedObject

Interface that must be implemented by those classes that are meant to be used as a factory to create complex domain objects. This object may have a complex construction with setters and constructor parameters which are going to be defined by the ComponentBuildingDefinition that use them.

Implementations of ObjectFactory can be annotated with @Inject at the field level to get dependency injection that can later be used for the purpose of creating the object with getObject method. Objects created with the ObjectFactory will not have dependency injection support.

ObjectFactories do not support any lifecycle method but the object created through getObject may implement lifecycle interfaces.

Since:

4.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.runtime.api.meta.AnnotatedObject

PROPERTY_NAME

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	getObject()

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.runtime.api.meta.AnnotatedObject

getAnnotation, getAnnotations, getLocation, setAnnotations

Method Detail

getObject

T getObject()
     throws Exception

Returns:

the domain object

Throws:

Exception - any failure that may occur building the object