001 /* 002 * Copyright (c) 2005 Stephen J. McConnell 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 013 * implied. 014 * 015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 016 * limitations under the License. 017 */ 018 019 package net.dpml.metro.tools; 020 021 import java.io.IOException; 022 import java.beans.IntrospectionException; 023 024 import net.dpml.metro.info.PartReference; 025 import net.dpml.metro.info.Type; 026 027 /** 028 * The contract for builders that create component part. 029 * 030 * @author <a href="http://www.dpml.net">Digital Product Meta Library</a> 031 * @version 1.1.1 032 */ 033 public interface PartReferenceBuilder 034 { 035 /** 036 * Return the key identifying the part that this builder is building. 037 * @return the part key 038 */ 039 String getKey(); 040 041 /** 042 * Build the part. 043 * @param classloader the classloader to use if type creation is required 044 * @param type the underlying part type 045 * @return th part reference 046 * @exception IntrospectionException if a class introspection error occurs 047 * @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs 048 * @exception ClassNotFoundException if a referenced class cannot be found 049 */ 050 PartReference buildPartReference( ClassLoader classloader, Type type ) 051 throws IntrospectionException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException; 052 }