org.mentawai.ioc
Interface Component

All Known Implementing Classes:

ActionComponent, ApplicationComponent, DefaultComponent, LocaleComponent, ScopeComponent, SessionComponent

public interface Component

Defines an IoC component. A Mentawai IoC component returns instances of a given class to be injected in the action by the IoCFilter and InjectionFilter.

Author:

Sergio Oliveira

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

getInstance() Returns an instance of the class this component represents.

Method Detail

getInstance

java.lang.Object getInstance()
                             throws java.lang.InstantiationException

Returns an instance of the class this component represents.

Returns:

An instance of the class this component represents.

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException - if for any reason the instance cannot be created.