org.favabeans.base
Interface FacetFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleFacetFactory

public interface FacetFactory

A FacetFactory is responsible for creating Facet objects for a given Type of primary objects.

Method Summary

Facet

newFacet(Object primaryObject, Type primaryObjectType, Type facetType) Create a new Facet for a given primary object.

Method Detail

newFacet

public Facet newFacet(Object primaryObject,
                      Type primaryObjectType,
                      Type facetType)
               throws FactoryException

Create a new Facet for a given primary object.

Parameters:

primaryObject - the primary object for the Facet to be created.

primaryObjectType - the Type of the primary object, as determined by the caller of this method.

facetType - the returned Facet is required to be an instance of this Type.

Returns:

a new Facet

Throws:

FactoryException - if the Facet could not be constructed.