ActualValueReflectionTypeDescriptor (EASy-Producer Documentation API)

java.lang.Object
- net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes.TypeDescriptor<T>
- - net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes.ReflectionTypeDescriptor<T>
  - - net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes.ActualValueReflectionTypeDescriptor<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type

All Implemented Interfaces:

IActualValueProvider, IMetaType
```
public class ActualValueReflectionTypeDescriptor<T>
extends ReflectionTypeDescriptor<T>
implements IActualValueProvider
```
Allows the use the IActualValueProvider mechanism for reflective types. However, we need to create an instance of the reflective type in order to make the interface available. Thus, classes using this descriptor must implement a (not necessarily accessible) no-argument constructor.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private IActualValueProvider template
- Fields inherited from class net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes.ReflectionTypeDescriptor
  ANY, NAME_ANY, NAME_TYPE, NAME_VERSION, NAME_VOID, PSEUDO_TYPES, TYPE, VERSION, VOID
- Fields inherited from class net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes.TypeDescriptor
  EMPTY

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ActualValueReflectionTypeDescriptor(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<T> templateCons)
Creates a new type descriptor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`determineActualValue(java.lang.Object object)`	Determines a more actual value for `object` in the context of using it for this type.

Methods inherited from class net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes.ReflectionTypeDescriptor
addPlaceholderOperation, canBeInstantiated, checkConversion, considerAsConstructor, create, createDescriptor, enableMethod, getAlias, getBaseType, getDefaultValue, getName, getQualifiedName, getRegName, getSuperType, getTypeClass, getTypeRegistry, getVilName, isActualTypeOf, isAssignableFrom, isAssignableFrom, isBasicType, isCollection, isCollection, isInstance, isInstantiator, isInternal, isIterator, isIterator, isMap, isMap, isPlaceholder, isSameType, isSequence, isSequence, isSet, isSet, processInner, resolve, resolveFields, stripGetterPrefix, toString

Methods inherited from class net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes.TypeDescriptor
addOperation, allInstances, appendParameter, createArray, enableDynamicDispatch, findCollectionIteratorOperation, findConversion, findConversion, findConversionOnBoth, flatten, flattenParam, getCandidates, getCandidates, getConversion, getConversions, getConversionsCount, getConversionToSequence, getField, getField, getFieldCount, getFields, getGenericParameter, getGenericParameterCount, getGenericParameterType, getOperation, getOperations, getOperationsCount, isFieldsNull, isInitialized, isNameSet, isSame, setConversions, setFields, setFields, setName, setOperations

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - template
```
private IActualValueProvider template
```
- Constructor Detail
  - ActualValueReflectionTypeDescriptor
```
ActualValueReflectionTypeDescriptor(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<T> templateCons)
                             throws VilException
```
    Creates a new type descriptor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    templateCons - the template constructor
    
    Throws:
    
    VilException - if analyzing the class fails for some reason
- Method Detail
  - determineActualValue
```
public java.lang.Object determineActualValue(java.lang.Object object)
```
    Description copied from interface: IActualValueProvider
    
    Determines a more actual value for object in the context of using it for this type. Default types implementing this interface shall not use their attributes as this method will be called via a template object.
    
    Specified by:
    
    determineActualValue in interface IActualValueProvider
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the initial object (may be null)
    
    Returns:
    
    the actual object (may be object if no actual value is available, may be null if object was null)