org.fudgemsg.mapping
Interface FudgeBuilderFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

FudgeBuilderFactoryAdapter, FudgeDefaultBuilderFactory

public interface FudgeBuilderFactory

Factory interface for constructing builders for classes that haven't been explicitly registered with a FudgeObjectDictionary. The factory should not attempt to cache results - the FudgeObjectDictionary will do that.

Method Summary

<T> void	addGenericBuilder(Class<T> clazz, FudgeBuilder<T> builder) Registers a generic builder with the factory that may be returned as a FudgeObjectBuilder for the class, or as a FudgeMessageBuilder for any sub-classes of the class.
<T> FudgeMessageBuilder<T>	createMessageBuilder(Class<T> clazz) Creates a new FudgeMessageBuilder for encoding objects of the given class into Fudge messages.
<T> FudgeObjectBuilder<T>	createObjectBuilder(Class<T> clazz) Creates a new FudgeObjectBuilder for deserializing Fudge messages into the given class.

Method Detail

createObjectBuilder

<T> FudgeObjectBuilder<T> createObjectBuilder(Class<T> clazz)

Creates a new FudgeObjectBuilder for deserializing Fudge messages into the given class.

Type Parameters:

T - the class the builder should create objects of

Parameters:

clazz - the class the builder should create objects of

Returns:

the builder or null if none is available

createMessageBuilder

<T> FudgeMessageBuilder<T> createMessageBuilder(Class<T> clazz)

Creates a new FudgeMessageBuilder for encoding objects of the given class into Fudge messages.

Type Parameters:

T - the class the builder should create messages from

Parameters:

clazz - the class the builder should create messages from

Returns:

the builder or null if none is available

addGenericBuilder

<T> void addGenericBuilder(Class<T> clazz,
                           FudgeBuilder<T> builder)

Registers a generic builder with the factory that may be returned as a FudgeObjectBuilder for the class, or as a FudgeMessageBuilder for any sub-classes of the class. After calling this, a factory may choose to return an alternative builder, but may not return null for a class which the generic builder has been registered for.

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type (probably an interface) the builder is for

Parameters:

clazz - the generic type (probably an interface) the builder is for

builder - the builder to register