org.cadixdev.bombe.analysis

Interface InheritanceProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingInheritanceProvider, CascadingInheritanceProvider, ReflectionInheritanceProvider

public interface InheritanceProvider

An inheritance provider stores inheritance information on classes, which will be obtained upon request (if not present in the cache) as opposed to all in one bulk operation.

Since:

0.1.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	InheritanceProvider.ClassInfo A wrapper used to store inheritance information about classes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Optional<InheritanceProvider.ClassInfo>	provide(String klass) Gets the class information for the given class name, if available.
default Optional<InheritanceProvider.ClassInfo>	provide(String klass, Object context) Gets the class information for the given class name and optional context, if available.

Method Detail

provide

Optional<InheritanceProvider.ClassInfo> provide(String klass)

Gets the class information for the given class name, if available.

Parameters:

klass - The class name

Returns:

The class information wrapped in an Optional

provide

default Optional<InheritanceProvider.ClassInfo> provide(String klass,
                                                        Object context)

Gets the class information for the given class name and optional context, if available.

The provided context may be used by the InheritanceProvider to avoid looking up the class by its name. The accepted values are specific to each InheritanceProvider; unknown context should be ignored.

Parameters:

klass - The class name

context - Additional context related to the class name

Returns:

The class information wrapped in an Optional

Since:

0.3.0