org.picocontainer.script
Interface ContainerBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContainerBuilder, DefaultContainerBuilder, ScriptedContainerBuilder, XMLContainerBuilder, XStreamContainerBuilder

public interface ContainerBuilder

The responsibility of a ContainerBuilder is to build containers. Composition of containers is generally a separate reponsibility, although the some builders may make use of the assembly scope.

Author:

Joe Walnes, Mauro Talevi

Method Summary

org.picocontainer.PicoContainer	buildContainer(org.picocontainer.PicoContainer parentContainer, Object assemblyScope, boolean addChildToParent) Builds a new container
void	killContainer(org.picocontainer.PicoContainer container) Destroys a container.

Method Detail

buildContainer

org.picocontainer.PicoContainer buildContainer(org.picocontainer.PicoContainer parentContainer,
                                               Object assemblyScope,
                                               boolean addChildToParent)

Builds a new container

Parameters:

parentContainer - the parent PicoContainer (may be null).

assemblyScope - a hint about the assembly scope (may be null)

addChildToParent - boolean flag, true if the child is to be added to the parent

Returns:

A PicoContainer

killContainer

void killContainer(org.picocontainer.PicoContainer container)

Destroys a container.

Parameters:

container - the PicoContainer to be killed