br.com.arsmachina.tapestrycrud.module
Interface TapestryCrudModule

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultTapestryCrudModule

public interface TapestryCrudModule

Interface that defines information about a module, whatever its conventions are.

Author:

Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo

Method Summary

<T> Class<? extends ActivationContextEncoder<T>>	getActivationContextEncoderClass(Class<T> entityClass) Returns the activation context encoder class corresponding to a given entity class.
<T> Class<? extends Encoder<T,?>>	getEncoderClass(Class<T> entityClass) Returns the encoder class corresponding to a given entity class.
<T> Class<? extends LabelEncoder<T>>	getLabelEncoderClass(Class<T> entityClass) Returns the label encoder class corresponding to a given entity class.
String	getName() Returns the module name.
<T> Class<? extends PrimaryKeyEncoder<?,T>>	getPrimaryKeyEncoderClass(Class<T> entityClass) Returns the label encoder class corresponding to a given entity class.

Method Detail

getActivationContextEncoderClass

<T> Class<? extends ActivationContextEncoder<T>> getActivationContextEncoderClass(Class<T> entityClass)

Returns the activation context encoder class corresponding to a given entity class.

Type Parameters:

T - the entity type.

Parameters:

entityClass - a Class instance. It cannot be null.

Returns:

an ActivationContextEncoder or null (if no corresponding one is found).

getEncoderClass

<T> Class<? extends Encoder<T,?>> getEncoderClass(Class<T> entityClass)

Returns the encoder class corresponding to a given entity class.

Type Parameters:

T - the entity type.

Parameters:

entityClass - a Class instance. It cannot be null.

Returns:

an Encoder or null (if no corresponding one is found).

getLabelEncoderClass

<T> Class<? extends LabelEncoder<T>> getLabelEncoderClass(Class<T> entityClass)

Returns the label encoder class corresponding to a given entity class.

Type Parameters:

T - the entity type.

Parameters:

entityClass - a Class instance. It cannot be null.

Returns:

a LabelEncoder or null (if no corresponding one is found).

getPrimaryKeyEncoderClass

<T> Class<? extends PrimaryKeyEncoder<?,T>> getPrimaryKeyEncoderClass(Class<T> entityClass)

Returns the label encoder class corresponding to a given entity class.

Type Parameters:

T - the entity type.

Parameters:

entityClass - a Class instance. It cannot be null.

Returns:

a PrimaryKeyEncoder or null (if no corresponding one is found).

getName

String getName()

Returns the module name. Just used for logging and debugging purposes.

Returns:

a String.