net.officefloor.frame.spi.managedobject.source
Interface ManagedObjectDependencyMetaData<D extends Enum<D>>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ManagedObjectDependencyMetaDataImpl

public interface ManagedObjectDependencyMetaData<D extends Enum<D>>

Describes an object which the ManagedObject for the ManagedObjectSource is dependent upon.

Author:

Daniel Sagenschneider

Method Summary

D	getKey() Obtains the Enum key identifying this dependency.
String	getLabel() Provides a descriptive name for this dependency.
Class<?>	getType() Obtains the Class that the dependent object must extend/implement.
String	getTypeQualifier() Obtains the qualifier on the type.

Method Detail

getKey

D getKey()

Obtains the Enum key identifying this dependency. If null then dependency will be referenced by this instance's index in the array returned from ManagedObjectSourceMetaData.

Returns:

Enum key identifying the dependency or null indicating identified by an index.

getType

Class<?> getType()

Obtains the Class that the dependent object must extend/implement.

Returns:

Type of the dependency.

getTypeQualifier

String getTypeQualifier()

Obtains the qualifier on the type.

This is to enable qualifying the type of dependency required.

Returns:

Qualifier on the type. May be null if not qualifying the type.

getLabel

String getLabel()

Provides a descriptive name for this dependency. This is useful to better describe the dependency.

Returns:

Descriptive name for this dependency.