Interface BeanConstructor<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The bean type

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotationMetadataProvider, AnnotationSource, Described

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBeanConstructor, AbstractBeanDefinitionBeanConstructor

public interface BeanConstructor<T>
extends AnnotationMetadataProvider, Described

Models a bean constructor.

Since:

3.0.0

Author:

graemerocher

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface AnnotationSource

EMPTY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Argument<?>[]	getArguments()
Class<T>	getDeclaringBeanType()	Returns the bean type.
default String	getDescription()	The description of the constructor.
default String	getDescription(boolean simple)	The description of the constructor.
T	instantiate(Object... parameterValues)	Instantiate an instance.

Methods inherited from interface AnnotationMetadataProvider

findAnnotation, findAnnotation, findDeclaredAnnotation, findDeclaredAnnotation, getAnnotationMetadata, getTargetAnnotationMetadata, isAnnotationPresent, isDeclaredAnnotationPresent, synthesize, synthesizeAll, synthesizeAnnotationsByType, synthesizeDeclared, synthesizeDeclared, synthesizeDeclaredAnnotationsByType

Methods inherited from interface AnnotationSource

getAnnotation, getAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotation, isAnnotationPresent, isDeclaredAnnotationPresent, synthesize, synthesizeDeclared

Method Details

getDeclaringBeanType

Class<T> getDeclaringBeanType()

Returns the bean type.

Returns:

The underlying bean type

getArguments

Argument<?>[] getArguments()

Returns:

The constructor argument types.

instantiate

T instantiate(Object... parameterValues)

Instantiate an instance.

Parameters:

parameterValues - The parameter values

Returns:

The instance, never null.

getDescription

default String getDescription()

The description of the constructor.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Described

Returns:

The description

getDescription

default String getDescription(boolean simple)

The description of the constructor.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Described

Parameters:

simple - Whether to return a simple representation without package names

Returns:

The description