Coverage Report - org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read.ChainedBeanCreator

Classes in this File	Line Coverage	Branch Coverage	Complexity
ChainedBeanCreator	N/A	N/A	1.0;1

1		/*
2		* Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3		*
4		* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5		* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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9		*
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15		*/
16		package org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read;
17
18		/**
19		* Creator of beans that may delegate responsibility to members down the chain.
20		*
21		* @author Robert Burrell Donkin
22		* @since 0.5
23		*/
24		public interface ChainedBeanCreator {
25
26		/**
27		* Creates a bean either directly or by delegating the responsibility to the other
28		* members of the chain.
29		*
30		* @param elementMapping specifies the mapping between the type and element.
31		* <strong>Note</strong> it is recommended that classes do not store a permenant
32		* reference to this object since these objects may later be reused.
33		* Not null
34		* @param context the context in which this converision happens, not null
35		* @param chain not null
36		* @return the Object created, possibly null
37		*/
38
39		// TODO: is element mapping really necessary here?
40		// TODO: what about exception handling?
41		public Object create(
42		ElementMapping elementMapping,
43		ReadContext context,
44		BeanCreationChain chain);
45
46		}