org.apache.avalon.excalibur.system.handler
Interface ComponentHandler

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Disposable, org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Initializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

PoolableComponentHandler, ThreadSafeComponentHandler, PerThreadComponentHandler

public interface ComponentHandler

extends org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Initializable, org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Disposable

The ComponentHandler interface marks the ComponentHandler implementations. The desire for a ComponentHandler is to manage the instances of a Component.

Since:

4.0

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2002/01/30 15:44:06 $

Author:

Berin Loritsch

Field Summary

static java.lang.Class[]

HANDLER_CONSTRUCTOR

Method Summary

org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component	get() Gets the current reference to a Component according to the policy of the implementation.
boolean	isInitialized() Sometimes Components call other components during their initialization process.
void	put(org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component component) Puts the reference back in the ComponentHandler according to the policy of the implementation.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Initializable

initialize

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Disposable

dispose

Field Detail

HANDLER_CONSTRUCTOR

public static final java.lang.Class[] HANDLER_CONSTRUCTOR

Method Detail

isInitialized

public boolean isInitialized()

Sometimes Components call other components during their initialization process. This is a quick test that the ComponentManager will perform before attempting to use the the ComponentHandler.

get

public org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component get()
                                                    throws java.lang.Exception

Gets the current reference to a Component according to the policy of the implementation.

put

public void put(org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component component)

Puts the reference back in the ComponentHandler according to the policy of the implementation.