org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read
Class BeanCreationChain

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read.BeanCreationChain

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanCreationList

public abstract class BeanCreationChain
extends java.lang.Object

A Chain of bean creators.

Since:

0.5

Author:

Robert Burrell Donkin

Constructor Summary

BeanCreationChain()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object	create(ElementMapping elementMapping, ReadContext context) Create a bean for the given mapping in the given context.
static BeanCreationChain	createDefaultChain() Creates the default BeanCreationChain used when reading beans.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanCreationChain

public BeanCreationChain()

Method Detail

createDefaultChain

public static final BeanCreationChain createDefaultChain()

Creates the default BeanCreationChain used when reading beans.

Returns:

a BeanCreationList with the default creators loader in order, not null

create

public abstract java.lang.Object create(ElementMapping elementMapping,
                                        ReadContext context)

Create a bean for the given mapping in the given context.

Parameters:

elementMapping - specifies the mapping between the type and element. Note it is recommended that classes do not store a permenant reference to this object since these objects may later be reused. Not null

context - the context in which this creation happens, not null

Returns:

the bean, possibly null