/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
package org.rhq.enterprise.server.naming.util;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Implementations of this interface provide a context to the {@link DecoratorPicker}.
*
* @author Lukas Krejci
*/
public interface DecoratorSetContext<Type, Decorator> {
/**
* @return the set of interfaces that the decorators are able support.
* Usually this should be just a union of all interfaces the decorators implement
* but can be trimmed down.
*/
Set<Class<? extends Type>> getSupportedInterfaces();
/**
* @return the set of all decorator classes in this set
*/
Set<Class<? extends Decorator>> getDecoratorClasses();
/**
* Instantiates a new decorator of given class.
* @param decoratorClass
* @return
* @throws Exception
*/
Decorator instantiate(Class<? extends Decorator> decoratorClass) throws Exception;
/**
* Initializes the decorator to decorate given object.
*
* @param decorator
* @param object
* @throws Exception on error
*/
void init(Decorator decorator, Type object) throws Exception;
}