ifieldvaluefactory.java

Wicket一个开发Java Web应用程序框架。它使得开发web应用程序变得容易而轻松。 Wicket利用一个POJO data beans组件使得它可以与任何持久层技术相结合。

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package org.apache.wicket.injection;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

/**
 * Factory object used by injector to generate values for fields of the object being injected.
 * 
 * @author Igor Vaynberg (ivaynberg)
 * 
 */
public interface IFieldValueFactory
{
	/**
	 * Returns the value the field will be set to
	 * 
	 * @param field
	 *            field being injected
	 * @param fieldOwner
	 *            instance of object being injected
	 * 
	 * @return new field value
	 */
	Object getFieldValue(Field field, Object fieldOwner);

	/**
	 * Returns true if the factory can generate a value for the field, false otherwise.
	 * 
	 * If this method returns false, getFieldValue() will not be called on this factory
	 * 
	 * @param field
	 *            field
	 * @return true if the factory can generate a value for the field, false otherwise
	 */
	boolean supportsField(Field field);
}