org.picocontainer.containers
Class CompositePicoContainer

java.lang.Object
  org.picocontainer.containers.CompositePicoContainer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Converting, PicoContainer

public class CompositePicoContainer
extends Object
implements PicoContainer, Converting, Serializable

CompositePicoContainer takes a var-args list of containers and will query them in turn for getComponent(*) and getComponentAdapter(*) requests. Methods returning lists and getParent/accept will not function.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

class

CompositePicoContainer.CompositeConverters

Constructor Summary

CompositePicoContainer(PicoContainer... containers)

Method Summary

void	accept(PicoVisitor visitor) Accepts a visitor that should visit the child containers, component adapters and component instances.
<T> T	getComponent(Class<T> componentType) Retrieve a component keyed by the component type.
<T> T	getComponent(Class<T> componentType, Class<? extends Annotation> binding) Retrieve a component keyed by the component type and binding type.
Object	getComponent(Object componentKeyOrType) Retrieve a component instance registered with a specific key or type.
Object	getComponent(Object componentKeyOrType, Type into)
<T> ComponentAdapter<T>	getComponentAdapter(Class<T> componentType, Class<? extends Annotation> binding) Find a component adapter associated with the specified type and binding type.
<T> ComponentAdapter<T>	getComponentAdapter(Class<T> componentType, NameBinding nameBinding) Find a component adapter associated with the specified type and binding name.
ComponentAdapter	getComponentAdapter(Object componentKey) Find a component adapter associated with the specified key.
Collection<ComponentAdapter<?>>	getComponentAdapters() Retrieve all the component adapters inside this container.
<T> List<ComponentAdapter<T>>	getComponentAdapters(Class<T> componentType) Retrieve all component adapters inside this container that are associated with the specified type.
<T> List<ComponentAdapter<T>>	getComponentAdapters(Class<T> componentType, Class<? extends Annotation> binding) Retrieve all component adapters inside this container that are associated with the specified type and binding type.
List<Object>	getComponents() Retrieve all the registered component instances in the container, (not including those in the parent container).
<T> List<T>	getComponents(Class<T> componentType) Returns a List of components of a certain componentType.
Converters	getConverters() Retrieve the set of converters for transforming string parameters into objects.
PicoContainer	getParent() Retrieve the parent container of this container.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CompositePicoContainer

public CompositePicoContainer(PicoContainer... containers)

Method Detail

getComponent

public <T> T getComponent(Class<T> componentType)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Retrieve a component keyed by the component type.

Specified by:

getComponent in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentType - the type of the component

Returns:

the typed resulting object instance or null if the object does not exist.

getComponent

public Object getComponent(Object componentKeyOrType,
                           Type into)

Specified by:

getComponent in interface PicoContainer

getComponent

public Object getComponent(Object componentKeyOrType)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Retrieve a component instance registered with a specific key or type. If a component cannot be found in this container, the parent container (if one exists) will be searched.

Specified by:

getComponent in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentKeyOrType - the key or Type that the component was registered with.

Returns:

an instantiated component, or null if no component has been registered for the specified key.

getComponentAdapter

public ComponentAdapter getComponentAdapter(Object componentKey)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Find a component adapter associated with the specified key. If a component adapter cannot be found in this container, the parent container (if one exists) will be searched.

Specified by:

getComponentAdapter in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentKey - the key that the component was registered with.

Returns:

the component adapter associated with this key, or null if no component has been registered for the specified key.

getComponentAdapter

public <T> ComponentAdapter<T> getComponentAdapter(Class<T> componentType,
                                                   NameBinding nameBinding)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Find a component adapter associated with the specified type and binding name. If a component adapter cannot be found in this container, the parent container (if one exists) will be searched.

Specified by:

getComponentAdapter in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentType - the type of the component.

nameBinding - the name binding to use

Returns:

the component adapter associated with this class, or null if no component has been registered for the specified key.

getComponentAdapter

public <T> ComponentAdapter<T> getComponentAdapter(Class<T> componentType,
                                                   Class<? extends Annotation> binding)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Find a component adapter associated with the specified type and binding type. If a component adapter cannot be found in this container, the parent container (if one exists) will be searched.

Specified by:

getComponentAdapter in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentType - the type of the component.

binding - the typed binding to use

Returns:

the component adapter associated with this class, or null if no component has been registered for the specified key.

getComponent

public <T> T getComponent(Class<T> componentType,
                          Class<? extends Annotation> binding)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Retrieve a component keyed by the component type and binding type.

Specified by:

getComponent in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentType - the type of the component

binding - the binding type of the component

Returns:

the typed resulting object instance or null if the object does not exist.

getComponents

public List<Object> getComponents()

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Retrieve all the registered component instances in the container, (not including those in the parent container). The components are returned in their order of instantiation, which depends on the dependency order between them.

Specified by:

getComponents in interface PicoContainer

Returns:

all the components.

getParent

public PicoContainer getParent()

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Retrieve the parent container of this container.

Specified by:

getParent in interface PicoContainer

Returns:

a PicoContainer instance, or null if this container does not have a parent.

getComponentAdapters

public Collection<ComponentAdapter<?>> getComponentAdapters()

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Retrieve all the component adapters inside this container. The component adapters from the parent container are not returned.

Specified by:

getComponentAdapters in interface PicoContainer

Returns:

a collection containing all the ComponentAdapters inside this container. The collection will not be modifiable.

See Also:

a variant of this method which returns the component adapters inside this container that are associated with the specified type.

getComponentAdapters

public <T> List<ComponentAdapter<T>> getComponentAdapters(Class<T> componentType)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Retrieve all component adapters inside this container that are associated with the specified type. The addComponent adapters from the parent container are not returned.

Specified by:

getComponentAdapters in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentType - the type of the components.

Returns:

a collection containing all the ComponentAdapters inside this container that are associated with the specified type. Changes to this collection will not be reflected in the container itself.

getComponentAdapters

public <T> List<ComponentAdapter<T>> getComponentAdapters(Class<T> componentType,
                                                          Class<? extends Annotation> binding)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Retrieve all component adapters inside this container that are associated with the specified type and binding type. The addComponent adapters from the parent container are not returned.

Specified by:

getComponentAdapters in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentType - the type of the components.

binding - the typed binding to use

Returns:

a collection containing all the ComponentAdapters inside this container that are associated with the specified type. Changes to this collection will not be reflected in the container itself.

getComponents

public <T> List<T> getComponents(Class<T> componentType)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Returns a List of components of a certain componentType. The list is ordered by instantiation order, starting with the components instantiated first at the beginning.

Specified by:

getComponents in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

componentType - the searched type.

Returns:

a List of components.

accept

public void accept(PicoVisitor visitor)

Description copied from interface: PicoContainer

Accepts a visitor that should visit the child containers, component adapters and component instances.

Specified by:

accept in interface PicoContainer

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor

getConverters

public Converters getConverters()

Description copied from interface: Converting

Retrieve the set of converters for transforming string parameters into objects.

Specified by:

getConverters in interface Converting

Returns:

converter set instance.