1 /*
2 * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.openehealth.ipf.commons.core.config;
17
18 import java.util.Map;
19
20 /**
21 * Technology-independent bean registry interface
22 *
23 * @since 2.5
24 */
25 public interface Registry {
26
27 /**
28 * @param name bean name
29 * @return bean of given name
30 *
31 * @since 2.5
32 */
33 public Object bean(String name);
34
35 /**
36 * @param requiredType bean type
37 * @return first bean of given type
38 *
39 * @since 2.5
40 */
41 public <T> T bean(Class<T> requiredType);
42
43 /**
44 * @param requiredType bean type
45 * @return all beans of given type
46 *
47 * @since 2.5
48 */
49 public <T> Map<String, T> beans(Class <T> requiredType);
50
51 }