001 /* 002 * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 package org.apache.commons.clazz.reflect; 017 018 import java.util.List; 019 020 /** 021 * Performs introspection for one kind of operations. In the process of 022 * introspection ReflectedClazz invokes ReflectedInstanceFactoryIntrospectors 023 * one after another, discovering factories of one kind at a time. 024 * 025 * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a> 026 * @version $Id: ReflectedInstanceFactoryIntrospector.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $ 027 */ 028 public interface ReflectedInstanceFactoryIntrospector { 029 030 /** 031 * Find constructors, methods and perhaps fields constituting factories. 032 * Create ClazzInstanceFactory objects and return them as a list. 033 */ 034 List introspectInstanceFactories( 035 ReflectedClazz clazz, 036 Class javaClass); 037 }