de.hybris.platform.cscockpit.model.data

Interface MetaData

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMetaData

public interface MetaData

Meta data interface. The meta data holds strongly typed meta data keyed on its interface types. The strongly typed data instances can be retrieved using the get(Class) method, passing one of the types used to register the instance. A data instance can be registered in the meta data object under multiple types by using the register(Object, Class[]) method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	get(java.lang.Class<T> type) Get the strongly typed data instance for the specified type.
void	register(java.lang.Object instance, java.lang.Class... types) Register a data instance for one or more types.

Method Detail

get

<T> T get(java.lang.Class<T> type)

Get the strongly typed data instance for the specified type.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the data

Parameters:

type - The type of the data required

Returns:

The data of the specified type, or null if no data registered for that type

register

void register(java.lang.Object instance,
              java.lang.Class... types)

Register a data instance for one or more types. The instance must implemented the specified types otherwise an exception is thrown.

Parameters:

instance - The data instance to store

types - The types for which this data instance should be returned.