/**
* Copyright 2004-2016 Riccardo Solmi. All rights reserved.
* This file is part of the Whole Platform.
*
* The Whole Platform is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* The Whole Platform 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with the Whole Platform. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.whole.lang.factories;
import org.whole.lang.bindings.IBindingManager;
import org.whole.lang.model.IEntity;
import org.whole.lang.reflect.EntityDescriptor;
import org.whole.lang.reflect.FeatureDescriptor;
/**
* @author Riccardo Solmi
*/
public interface IEntityFactory extends IEntityRegistryProvider {
public <E extends IEntity> E shallowClone(EntityDescriptor<E> ed);
public <E extends IEntity> E shallowClone(EntityDescriptor<E> ed, IEntity... values);
// public <E extends IEntity> E resolverClone(EntityDescriptor<E> ed, int initialSize);
public IEntity cloneFeature(EntityDescriptor<?> ed, int index);
public IEntity cloneFeature(EntityDescriptor<?> ed, FeatureDescriptor fd);
public boolean matchFeature(EntityDescriptor<?> ed, int index, IEntity value);
public boolean matchFeature(EntityDescriptor<?> ed, FeatureDescriptor fd, IEntity value);
public <E extends IEntity> E create(EntityDescriptor<E> ed);
public <E extends IEntity> E create(EntityDescriptor<E> ed, IEntity value);
public <E extends IEntity> E create(EntityDescriptor<E> ed, IEntity... values);
public <E extends IEntity> E create(EntityDescriptor<E> ed, Object value);
public <E extends IEntity> E create(EntityDescriptor<E> ed, Object... values);
public <E extends IEntity> E create(EntityDescriptor<E> ed, IBindingManager bindings);
public <E extends IEntity> IEntityBuilder<E> build(EntityDescriptor<E> ed);
// public E EntityBuilder<E> buildE(); // for specific simple entities
}