org.teatrove.tea.engine
Interface ContextSource

All Known Subinterfaces:

DynamicContextSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

MergedContextSource

public interface ContextSource

Implementations of this class are responsible for providing context instances as well as the context type.

Author:

Jonathan Colwell

See Also:

Context

Method Summary

Object	createContext(Object param) A generic method to create context instances.
Class<?>	getContextType()

Method Detail

getContextType

Class<?> getContextType()
                        throws Exception

Returns:

the Class of the object returned by createContext.

Throws:

Exception

createContext

Object createContext(Object param)
                     throws Exception

A generic method to create context instances.

Parameters:

param - engine specific parameter that may be used to create the context instance

Throws:

Exception