Package org.exoplatform.container.context

Interface CreationContextStorage

public interface CreationContextStorage

This class defined all the main methods needed to be able to store and/or access to a CreationalContext and its content

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Nicolas Filotto

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Set<String>	getAllIds()	Gives all the Contextual ids that have been stored
<T> CreationContext<T>	getCreationContext(String id)	Gives the CreationContext corresponding to the given Contextual id
String	getId()	Gives the id of the storage.
void	removeInstance(String id)	Removes from the storage the instance corresponding to the given Contextual id
<T> T	setInstance(String id, CreationContext<T> creationContext)	Stores an instance for the given Contextual id

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Gives the id of the storage. Two CreationContextStorage corresponding to the same context must have the same id.

setInstance

<T> T setInstance(String id,
                  CreationContext<T> creationContext)

Stores an instance for the given Contextual id

Parameters:

id - the id of the contextual for which we want to set a value

creationContext - the CreationContext used for the instance creation

Returns:

the instance that has been effectively set.

getCreationContext

<T> CreationContext<T> getCreationContext(String id)

Gives the CreationContext corresponding to the given Contextual id

Parameters:

id - the id of the contextual for which we want to retrieve the CreationContext

Returns:

the corresponding CreationalContext if it exists, null otherwise

removeInstance

void removeInstance(String id)

Removes from the storage the instance corresponding to the given Contextual id

Parameters:

id - the id of the contextual for which we want to remove the instance

getAllIds

Set<String> getAllIds()

Gives all the Contextual ids that have been stored

Returns:

a Set containing all the ids that have been used to store a CreationContext