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* JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source
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* Copyright 2005, JBoss Inc., and individual contributors as indicated
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* full listing of individual contributors.
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* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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package org.jbpm.pvm.internal.wire;
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import java.io.Serializable;
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import org.jbpm.pvm.internal.util.Observable;
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/**
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* knows how an object can be created.
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*
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* <p>A {@link WireDefinition} contains a map of {@link Descriptor}s.
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* They are used by the {@link WireContext} that will build and cache the
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* objects.
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* </p>
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*
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* @author Tom Baeyens
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* @author Guillaume Porcher (documentation)
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*
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*/
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public interface Descriptor extends Observable, Serializable {
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/**
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* is fired when construction of a wired object starts. The provided event is a {@link WireObjectEventInfo}.
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* @see WireContext
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*/
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String EVENT_CONSTRUCTING = "constructing";
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/**
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* is fired when initialization of a wired object starts (after construction). The provided event is a {@link WireObjectEventInfo}.
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* @see WireContext
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*/
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String EVENT_INITIALIZING = "initializing";
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/**
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* is fired when object construction is completed. The provided event is a {@link WireObjectEventInfo}.
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* @see WireContext
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*/
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String EVENT_CONSTRUCTED = "constructed";
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/**
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* is fired when an object is being set into the cache of this wire context with {@link WireContext#set(String, Object)}. The provided event is a {@link WireObjectEventInfo}.
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* @see WireContext
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*/
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String EVENT_SET = "set";
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/**
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* is fired when an object is being removed from the cache of the wire context with {@link WireContext#remove(String)}. The provided event is a {@link WireObjectEventInfo}.
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* @see WireContext
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*/
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String EVENT_REMOVE = "remove";
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/** the name of this descriptor */
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String getName();
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/** the type of the produced object or null if that is not available */
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Class<?> getType(WireDefinition wireDefinition);
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/**
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* if eager initialization is set, it means that an object must be created
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* immediately during construction of the {@link WireContext}.
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*/
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boolean isEagerInit();
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/**
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* constructs the object.
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* @param wireContext {@link WireContext} in which the object is created. This is also the {@link WireContext}
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* where the object will search for other object that may be needed during the initialization phase.
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* @return the constructed object.
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*/
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Object construct(WireContext wireContext);
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/**
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* Checks if the initialization should be done during the construction phase or if it can be done later.
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* @return <code>false</code> if the initialization should be done during the creation phase, <code>true</code> if it can be done later.
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*/
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boolean isDelayable();
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/**
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* called by the WireContext to initialize the specified object.
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* For more information about initialization, see {@link WireContext} section lifecycle.
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* @param object object to initialize.
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* @param wireContext the context in which the object will be initialized.
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*/
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void initialize(Object object, WireContext wireContext);
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}
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