com.gridsystems.nextgrid.api.builder
Interface ReferenceFactory<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Data type

public interface ReferenceFactory<T>

Factory for Reference types.

Author:

Rodrigo Ruiz

Method Summary

nextgrid.api.pom.Reference<?>	createReference(T data) Creates a reference instance for the given data value.
java.net.URI[]	getSupportedTypes() Gets a list of supported types for this instance.
boolean	supports(java.lang.Class<?> c) Gets if this factory supports casting to the given class.
java.lang.Class<?>	toClass(java.net.URI type) Gets an appropriate Java Class for handling data of the specified type.

Method Detail

createReference

nextgrid.api.pom.Reference<?> createReference(T data)

Creates a reference instance for the given data value.

Parameters:

data - A data value

Returns:

A reference instance

getSupportedTypes

java.net.URI[] getSupportedTypes()

Gets a list of supported types for this instance.

Returns:

An array of type URIs

toClass

java.lang.Class<?> toClass(java.net.URI type)

Gets an appropriate Java Class for handling data of the specified type.

Parameters:

type - A type URI

Returns:

A Java class

supports

boolean supports(java.lang.Class<?> c)

Gets if this factory supports casting to the given class.

Parameters:

c - The class to test

Returns:

true/false