/*
* Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of the Jspresso framework.
*
* Jspresso 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.
*
* Jspresso 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 Jspresso. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.jspresso.framework.model.component;
/**
* This is an interface used to identify classes responsible for providing
* component accessors which are not directly related to the core properties.
* Such classes provide derived (computed) properties of the component.
*
* @author Vincent Vandenschrick
* @param <T>
* The class of the extended component.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("EmptyMethod")
public interface IComponentExtension<T extends IComponent> {
/**
* Returns the component instance to which this extension is attached.
*
* @return The extended entity instance.
*/
T getComponent();
/**
* This method is called when the extension instance is completely created and
* configured in order to perform extra initialization.
*/
void postCreate();
}