ch.sahits.model
Interface IBuilder<T extends IBuildable>

Type Parameters:

T - Type that should be built by the builder. T must implement the IBuildable interface

All Known Subinterfaces:

IOutputFileModelBuilder, IPHPClassDeclarationBuilder, IPHPMethodDeclarationBuilder, IWebserviceBuilder

public interface IBuilder<T extends IBuildable>

This interface defines the facilities that are needed by a Builder class. A Builder can initialize an object especially an immutable object.

 public T(IBuilder){
   ...
 }
 

The constructor of T must only be accessibly by the build() method. This can be done by making the IBuilder an inner class of T.

Since:

1.2.0

Author:

Andi Hotz, Sahits GmbH

Method Summary

T	build() Create an instance of T.

Method Detail

build

T build()

Create an instance of T. If T is a singleton and an instance of T already exists the build may fail

Returns:

instance of the created method

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - a instance of the singleton T is already in existence.

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the IBuilder was not properly initialized