org.appdapter.api.registry

Interface Registry

All Known Subinterfaces:

DeletingRegistry, SimpleRegistry, VerySimpleRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicRegistry, FacadeRegistry

public interface Registry

A registry is able to register Object+Description pairs, and generate Finders that can search through the registered pairs. Semantics for deletion or replacement of object references is so far left to subtypes, as is the meaning of "equal" objects or descriptions.

Author:

Stu B.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<OT> Finder<OT>	getFinder(Class<OT> objClaz)
void	registerObject(Object o, Description d) Open questions: 1) What is defined behavior if we register two objects for "same" description, or two descriptions for "same" object?

Method Detail

registerObject

void registerObject(Object o,
                  Description d)

Open questions: 1) What is defined behavior if we register two objects for "same" description, or two descriptions for "same" object?

getFinder

<OT> Finder<OT> getFinder(Class<OT> objClaz)

Returns:

a Finder that can search the Registry for objects of the given class OT.