com.atlassian.plugin.module

Interface ModuleFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

PrefixModuleFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanPrefixModuleFactory, ClassPrefixModuleFactory, LegacyModuleFactory, PrefixDelegatingModuleFactory

public interface ModuleFactory

The ModuleFactory creates the module class of a ModuleDescriptor. The ModuleFactory is injected into the AbstractModuleDescriptor and encapsulates the different strategies how the module class can be created.

Since:

2.5.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ModuleFactory	LEGACY_MODULE_FACTORY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	createModule(String name, ModuleDescriptor<T> moduleDescriptor) Creates the module instance.

Field Detail

LEGACY_MODULE_FACTORY

static final ModuleFactory LEGACY_MODULE_FACTORY

Method Detail

createModule

<T> T createModule(String name,
                   ModuleDescriptor<T> moduleDescriptor)
            throws PluginParseException

Creates the module instance. The module class name can contain a prefix. The delimiter of the prefix and the class name is ':'. E.g.: 'bean:httpServletBean'. Which prefixes are supported depends on the registered ModuleCreator. The prefix is case in-sensitive.

Parameters:

name - module class name, can contain a prefix followed by ":" and the class name. Cannot be null. If no prefix provided a default behaviour is assumed how to create the module class.

moduleDescriptor - the ModuleDescriptor. Cannot be null

Returns:

an instantiated object of the module class.

Throws:

PluginParseException - If it failed to create the object.