1 /**
2 * Copyright 2009-2015 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.apache.ibatis.reflection.factory;
17
18 import java.util.List;
19 import java.util.Properties;
20
21 /**
22 * MyBatis uses an ObjectFactory to create all needed new Objects.
23 *
24 * @author Clinton Begin
25 */
26 public interface ObjectFactory {
27
28 /**
29 * Sets configuration properties.
30 * @param properties configuration properties
31 */
32 void setProperties(Properties properties);
33
34 /**
35 * Creates a new object with default constructor.
36 * @param type Object type
37 * @return
38 */
39 <T> T create(Class<T> type);
40
41 /**
42 * Creates a new object with the specified constructor and params.
43 * @param type Object type
44 * @param constructorArgTypes Constructor argument types
45 * @param constructorArgs Constructor argument values
46 * @return
47 */
48 <T> T create(Class<T> type, List<Class<?>> constructorArgTypes, List<Object> constructorArgs);
49
50 /**
51 * Returns true if this object can have a set of other objects.
52 * It's main purpose is to support non-java.util.Collection objects like Scala collections.
53 *
54 * @since 3.1.0
55 * @param type Object type
56 * @return whether it is a collection or not
57 */
58 <T> boolean isCollection(Class<T> type);
59
60 }