Package it.tidalwave.role.spi

Interface SystemRoleFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

SystemRoleFactorySupport

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface SystemRoleFactory

A service which retrieves DCI Roles for a given object.

Author:

Fabrizio Giudici

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	SystemRoleFactory.Inner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> java.util.List<T>	findRoles(java.lang.Object owner, java.lang.Class<? extends T> roleType)	Retrieves the roles of the given class for the given owner object.
static SystemRoleFactory	getInstance()
static void	reset()	Removes a previously installed SystemRoleFactory.
static void	set(SystemRoleFactory systemRoleFactory)	Installs a SystemRoleFactory.

Method Detail

getInstance

@Nonnull
static SystemRoleFactory getInstance()

reset

static void reset()

Removes a previously installed SystemRoleFactory. This method is for testing only (used to clean up a testing context).

See Also:

set(SystemRoleFactory)

set

static void set(@Nonnull
                SystemRoleFactory systemRoleFactory)

Installs a SystemRoleFactory. This method is for testing only (used to set up a testing context).

Parameters:

systemRoleFactory - the SystemRoleFactory

See Also:

reset()

findRoles

@Nonnull
<T> java.util.List<T> findRoles(@Nonnull
                                java.lang.Object owner,
                                @Nonnull
                                java.lang.Class<? extends T> roleType)

Retrieves the roles of the given class for the given owner object.

Type Parameters:

T - the static type of the roles

Parameters:

owner - the owner object

roleType - the dynamic type of the roles

Returns:

a list of roles