/**
* $Id: BeanMapCollector.java 105077 2012-02-24 22:54:29Z ottenhoff@longsight.com $
* $URL: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/entitybroker/trunk/api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/entitybroker/collector/BeanMapCollector.java $
* AutoRegister.java - entity-broker - 31 May 2007 7:01:11 PM - azeckoski
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package org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.collector;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Implement this in order to cause spring to inject a map of type -> a set of beans
* into your spring bean (if any exist) which implement the type interfaces you define
* (those interfaces will also have to implement {@link AutoRegister})
*
* @author Aaron Zeckoski (aaron@caret.cam.ac.uk)
*/
public interface BeanMapCollector {
/**
* This setter will be called automatically and the beans which are being collected for
* you will be placed in the map such that it is a map of class type -> list of beans of that type
* @param collectedBeans a list of all collected beans which were autoregistered
*/
public void setCollectedBeansMap(Map<Class<?>, List<?>> collectedBeans);
/**
* This allows the developer to set the types of the beans which they want collected
* @return the class type of the beans to collect
*/
public Class<?>[] getCollectedTypes();
}