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1 | /* | |
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19 | */ | |
20 | package org.xwiki.component.annotation; | |
21 | ||
22 | import java.lang.reflect.Field; | |
23 | ||
24 | import org.xwiki.component.descriptor.ComponentDependency; | |
25 | ||
26 | /** | |
27 | * Allows creating {@link ComponentDependency} instances from a Method {@link Field}. There can be several | |
28 | * implementations, for example one using {@code @Inject} and {@code @Named} annotations to describe a Component | |
29 | * Dependency. Note that this interface allows cleanly plugging new implementations to extend how Component Descriptor | |
30 | * are recognized. This allows for example to cleanly support legacy implementation (for example to use the old | |
31 | * {@code @Requirement} annotations we used to use). | |
32 | * | |
33 | * @version $Id: 2c4cf2802b53ed9838e8577c6e1dc2a94d2de8f2 $ | |
34 | * @since 3.2RC1 | |
35 | */ | |
36 | public interface ComponentDependencyFactory | |
37 | { | |
38 | /** | |
39 | * @param field the field for which to extract a Component Dependency | |
40 | * @return the Component Dependency instance created from the passed field or null if the field doesn't match the | |
41 | * requirements | |
42 | */ | |
43 | ComponentDependency createComponentDependency(Field field); | |
44 | } |