com.atlassian.plugin.module
Interface ContainerAccessor

All Known Subinterfaces:

SpringContainerAccessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSpringContainerAccessor

public interface ContainerAccessor

The ContainerAccessor allows access to the underlying plugin container (e.g. spring).

Since:

2.5.0

Method Summary

<T> T	createBean(java.lang.Class<T> clazz) Will ask the container to instantiate a bean of the given class and does inject all constructor defined dependencies.
<T> java.util.Collection<T>	getBeansOfType(java.lang.Class<T> interfaceClass) Gets all the beans that implement a given interface

Method Detail

createBean

<T> T createBean(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)

Will ask the container to instantiate a bean of the given class and does inject all constructor defined dependencies. Currently we have only spring as a container that will autowire this bean.

Parameters:

clazz - the Class to instantiate. Cannot be null.

Returns:

an instantiated bean.

getBeansOfType

<T> java.util.Collection<T> getBeansOfType(java.lang.Class<T> interfaceClass)

Gets all the beans that implement a given interface

Type Parameters:

T - The target interface type

Parameters:

interfaceClass - The interface class

Returns:

A collection of implementations from the plugin's container