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1 | /* |
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2 | * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
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3 | * |
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4 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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5 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
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6 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
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7 | * |
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8 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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9 | * |
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10 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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11 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
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12 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
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13 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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14 | * limitations under the License. |
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15 | */ |
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16 | package org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read; |
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17 | ||
18 | /** |
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19 | * A Chain of bean creators. |
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20 | * |
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21 | * @author Robert Burrell Donkin |
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22 | * @since 0.5 |
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23 | */ |
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24 | 4813 | public abstract class BeanCreationChain { |
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27 | //-------------------------------------------------------- Class Methods |
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28 | ||
29 | /** |
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30 | * Creates the default <code>BeanCreationChain</code> used when reading beans. |
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31 | * @return a <code>BeanCreationList</code> with the default creators loader in order, not null |
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32 | */ |
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33 | public static final BeanCreationChain createDefaultChain() { |
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34 | // this delegates to the list but this is the canonical version |
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35 | // the implementation may change later |
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36 | 1124 | return BeanCreationList.createStandardChain(); |
37 | } |
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38 | ||
39 | //-------------------------------------------------------- Instance Methods |
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40 | ||
41 | /** |
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42 | * Create a bean for the given mapping in the given context. |
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43 | * |
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44 | * @param elementMapping specifies the mapping between the type and element. |
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45 | * <strong>Note</strong> it is recommended that classes do not store a permenant |
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46 | * reference to this object since these objects may later be reused. |
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47 | * Not null |
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48 | * @param context the context in which this creation happens, not null |
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49 | * @return the bean, possibly null |
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50 | */ |
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51 | public abstract Object create(ElementMapping elementMapping, ReadContext context); |
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53 | } |