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(Class<T> clazz) Will ask the container to instantiate a bean of the given class and does inject all constructor defined dependencies.
<T> T	getBean(String id) Retrieves a bean by name from the container.
<T> Collection<T>	getBeansOfType(Class<T> interfaceClass) Gets all the beans that implement a given interface
<T> T	injectBean(T bean) Injects an existing bean instance with any dependencies via setters or private field injection

Method Detail

createBean

<T> T createBean(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.

injectBean

<T> T injectBean(T bean)

Injects an existing bean instance with any dependencies via setters or private field injection

Type Parameters:

T - The bean type

Parameters:

bean - The instantiated bean to inject

Since:

3.0

getBean

<T> T getBean(String id)

Retrieves a bean by name from the container.

Parameters:

id - the id of the container bean, cannot be null

Returns:

the bean object, or null if cannot be found

Since:

3.0

getBeansOfType

<T> Collection<T> getBeansOfType(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