Package net.ssehub.easy.instantiation.core.model.vilTypes

Interface IDirectTypeRegistryAccess

All Known Implementing Classes:

TypeRegistry.DirectAccess

public interface IDirectTypeRegistryAccess

Provides direct access to the type registration for ITypeResolver. This interface helps protecting the inner registry while providing write access to related type resolvers.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	add(java.lang.String name, TypeDescriptor<?> type)	Adds a type.
void	addInstantiator(java.lang.String name, TypeDescriptor<? extends IVilType> type)	Adds an instantiator.
boolean	contains(java.lang.String name)	Returns whether the type given by name is already registered.
boolean	containsInstantiator(java.lang.String name)	Returns whether the instantiator given by name is already registered.
TypeDescriptor<?>	get(java.lang.String name)	Returns the type descriptor registered for name.

Method Detail

add

void add(java.lang.String name,
         TypeDescriptor<?> type)

Adds a type.

Parameters:

name - the name of the type

type - the type to be added

contains

boolean contains(java.lang.String name)

Returns whether the type given by name is already registered.

Parameters:

name - the name of the type

Returns:

true if it was registered, false else

get

TypeDescriptor<?> get(java.lang.String name)

Returns the type descriptor registered for name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the type

Returns:

the registered descriptor (may be null if none was registered)

addInstantiator

void addInstantiator(java.lang.String name,
                     TypeDescriptor<? extends IVilType> type)

Adds an instantiator.

Parameters:

name - the name of the instantiator

type - the type to be added

containsInstantiator

boolean containsInstantiator(java.lang.String name)

Returns whether the instantiator given by name is already registered.

Parameters:

name - the name of the instantiator

Returns:

true if it was registered, false else