org.glassfish.hk2.configuration.hub.api

Interface BeanDatabase

All Known Subinterfaces:

WriteableBeanDatabase

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanDatabaseImpl, WriteableBeanDatabaseImpl

public interface BeanDatabase

A database of beans organized as types, where a type can have multiple instances of a configuration bean

Author:

jwells

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	dumpDatabase() Dumps the type and instance names to stderr
void	dumpDatabase(PrintStream output) Dumps the type and instance names to the given stream
Set<Type>	getAllTypes() Gets an unmodifiable set of all the types in the bean database
Instance	getInstance(String type, String instanceKey) Returns the instance with the given instanceKey from the type with the given name
Type	getType(String type) Gets the type with the given name

Method Detail

getAllTypes

Set<Type> getAllTypes()

Gets an unmodifiable set of all the types in the bean database

Returns:

A non-null unmodifiable and possibly empty set of all the types in the database

getType

Type getType(String type)

Gets the type with the given name

Parameters:

type - The non-null name

Returns:

The type corresponding to the given name. May return null

getInstance

Instance getInstance(String type,
                     String instanceKey)

Returns the instance with the given instanceKey from the type with the given name

Parameters:

type - The non-null name of the type to get the instance from

instanceKey - The non-null key of the instance

Returns:

The bean from the given type with the given name. Will return null if the type does not exist or an instance with that key does not exist

dumpDatabase

void dumpDatabase()

Dumps the type and instance names to stderr

dumpDatabase

void dumpDatabase(PrintStream output)

Dumps the type and instance names to the given stream

Parameters:

output - - The non-null outut stream to write the database to