de.espirit.firstspirit.access

Interface ModuleAgent

public interface ModuleAgent

Interface for a class that brokers a class loader instance which is capable of loading public classes.

Usage: specialistsBroker.requireSpecialist(ModuleAgent.TYPE).getClassLoader().

Since:

4.2.404

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static SpecialistType<ModuleAgent>	TYPE Specialist providing means to load public classes.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Returns a class loader instance which is capable of loading all global module classes.
Collection<ComponentDescriptor>	getComponents(Class<?> type) Returns all components which implements or extends the given type.
<T> Class<? extends T>	getTypeForName(String name, Class<T> type) Returns the exported class that matches the given interface type and name.

Field Detail

TYPE

static final SpecialistType<ModuleAgent> TYPE

Specialist providing means to load public classes.

Since:

4.2.404

Method Detail

getClassLoader

@NotNull
ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Returns a class loader instance which is capable of loading all global module classes.

Returns:

A class loader instance which is capable of loading all global module classes.

Since:

4.2.404

getComponents

@NotNull
Collection<ComponentDescriptor> getComponents(Class<?> type)

Returns all components which implements or extends the given type.

Parameters:

type - The requested type.

Returns:

A collection of matching descriptors.

Since:

4.2.404

getTypeForName

@Nullable
<T> Class<? extends T> getTypeForName(String name,
                                             Class<T> type)

Returns the exported class that matches the given interface type and name. Returns null if no match is found.

Parameters:

name - name to match

type - interface to match

Returns:

The exported class matching the given parameters or null if there is no matching exported class

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if loading of the exported class fails.

Since:

4.2.404