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1 | /* | |
2 | * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional | |
3 | * information regarding copyright ownership. | |
4 | * | |
5 | * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
6 | * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as | |
7 | * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of | |
8 | * the License, or (at your option) any later version. | |
9 | * | |
10 | * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
11 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
12 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
13 | * Lesser General Public License for more details. | |
14 | * | |
15 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
16 | * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free | |
17 | * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA | |
18 | * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. | |
19 | */ | |
20 | package org.xwiki.model.reference; | |
21 | ||
22 | import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType; | |
23 | ||
24 | import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role; | |
25 | import org.xwiki.component.util.DefaultParameterizedType; | |
26 | import org.xwiki.model.EntityType; | |
27 | ||
28 | /** | |
29 | * Resolve an Entity reference defined in a given representation into a validated {@link EntityReference} object, ie | |
30 | * with valid values and a valid hierarchy (eg a Document reference must have a parent which is a space reference, | |
31 | * reference values must not be null, etc). | |
32 | * | |
33 | * @param <T> the object to resolve into an Entity Reference | |
34 | * @version $Id: b0fa8c4601bd1afdc5ea710d3126aa496cb80c9a $ | |
35 | * @since 2.2M1 | |
36 | */ | |
37 | @Role | |
38 | public interface EntityReferenceResolver<T> | |
39 | { | |
40 | /** | |
41 | * Type instance for {@code EntityReferenceResolver<String>}. | |
42 | * | |
43 | * @since 4.0M1 | |
44 | */ | |
45 | ParameterizedType TYPE_STRING = new DefaultParameterizedType(null, EntityReferenceResolver.class, String.class); | |
46 | ||
47 | /** | |
48 | * Type instance for {@code EntityReferenceResolver<EntityReference>}. | |
49 | * | |
50 | * @since 4.0M1 | |
51 | */ | |
52 | ParameterizedType TYPE_REFERENCE = new DefaultParameterizedType(null, EntityReferenceResolver.class, | |
53 | EntityReference.class); | |
54 | ||
55 | /** | |
56 | * @param entityReferenceRepresentation the representation of an entity reference (eg as a String) | |
57 | * @param type the type of the Entity (Document, Space, Attachment, Wiki, etc) to resolve out of the representation | |
58 | * @param parameters optional parameters. Their meaning depends on the resolver implementation | |
59 | * @return the valid resolved reference as an Object | |
60 | */ | |
61 | EntityReference resolve(T entityReferenceRepresentation, EntityType type, Object... parameters); | |
62 | } |