1 /*
2 ORG Usurper is a random value object generator library
3 Copyright (C) 2007 Pierre-Antoine Grégoire
4
5 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9
10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
18 */
19
20 /**
21 *
22 */
23 package org.org.usurper.handlers;
24
25 import org.org.usurper.model.HandledBeanProperty;
26 import org.org.usurper.model.HandledConstructorArg;
27
28 /**
29 * This interface defines the contract for all the handlers.<br>
30 * NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DIRECTLY IMPLEMENTED, PREFER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS ABSTRACT BASIC SUBCLASSES.
31 * @author pagregoire
32 */
33 public interface IHandler {
34 /**
35 * This method allows the generation of a properties' value.
36 *
37 * @param handledBeanProperty
38 * The bean property's info
39 * @return the generated value.
40 * @see HandledBeanProperty
41 */
42 public Object handle(HandledBeanProperty handledBeanProperty);
43
44 /**
45 * This method allows the generation of a constructor argument.
46 *
47 * @param handledConstructorArg
48 * The constructor's arg's info
49 * @return the generated value.
50 * @see HandledConstructorArg
51 */
52 public Object handle(HandledConstructorArg handledConstructorArg);
53 }