Package introspector.model

Class NodeFactory

java.lang.Object

introspector.model.NodeFactory

public class NodeFactory
extends Object

NodeFactory provides a mechanism to create Node instances.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NodeFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Node	createNode(String name, Object value)	Factory to create the nodes
static Node	createNode(String name, Object value, Class<?> type)	Factory to create the nodes
static <T> boolean	isBuiltinType(Class<T> type)	Method to know if the type parameter is a built-in type.
(package private) static <T> boolean	isEnumType(Class<T> type)	Method to know if a the type parameter is an enum type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

NodeFactory

public NodeFactory()

Method Details

isBuiltinType

public static <T> boolean isBuiltinType(Class<T> type)

Method to know if the type parameter is a built-in type.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object

Parameters:

type - The type to know whether it is built-in

Returns:

Whether the type is built-in

isEnumType

static <T> boolean isEnumType(Class<T> type)

Method to know if a the type parameter is an enum type.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object

Parameters:

type - The type to know whether it is an enum

Returns:

Whether the type is an enum

createNode

public static Node createNode(String name,
 Object value)

Factory to create the nodes

Parameters:

name - Name of the node

value - Runtime object that will be represented as a node

Returns:

The subclass of Node appropriate to represent the name object

createNode

public static Node createNode(String name,
 Object value,
 Class<?> type)

Factory to create the nodes

Parameters:

name - Name of the node

value - Runtime object that will be represented as a node

type - The object class that will represent the type of the object (value)

Returns:

The subclass of Node appropriate to represent the name object