ca.grimoire.formtree.receiver.constructor
Class ListReceiver<T>

java.lang.Object
  ca.grimoire.formtree.receiver.constructor.CollectionReceiver<T,java.util.List<T>>
      ca.grimoire.formtree.receiver.constructor.ListReceiver<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the class of the array elements.

All Implemented Interfaces:

FormElementReceiver, FormReceiver<java.util.List<T>>

public class ListReceiver<T>
extends CollectionReceiver<T,java.util.List<T>>

Receives form elements into an List of some constructible class. The array may be dense (if handled via the CollectionReceiver.values(Iterable) method) or sparse (if handled via the CollectionReceiver.key(String) method).

See Also:

ConstructorReceiver

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ca.grimoire.formtree.receiver.constructor.CollectionReceiver

elementClass

Constructor Summary

ListReceiver(java.lang.Class<T> elementClass)
Creates a receiver for a given element class.

Method Summary

static java.lang.Class<?>	acceptableListType(java.lang.reflect.Type type) Determines if some Type represents a list of constructible elements.
static <T> ListReceiver<T>	create(java.lang.Class<T> elementClass) A type-inferring alternative to ListReceiver(Class).
protected java.util.List<T>	createCollection(java.util.List<T> elements) Returns elements unchanged - it's already the right type.

Methods inherited from class ca.grimoire.formtree.receiver.constructor.CollectionReceiver

acceptableElementClass, acceptableElementClass, finished, index, key, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ListReceiver

public ListReceiver(java.lang.Class<T> elementClass)

Creates a receiver for a given element class.

Parameters:

elementClass - the Class of <T>

Method Detail

acceptableListType

public static java.lang.Class<?> acceptableListType(java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Determines if some Type represents a list of constructible elements.

Parameters:

type - the Type to examine.

Returns:

the Class of the elements of the list, or null if type is not the type of a list of constructible types.

create

public static <T> ListReceiver<T> create(java.lang.Class<T> elementClass)

A type-inferring alternative to ListReceiver(Class).

Type Parameters:

T - the class of the array elements.

Parameters:

elementClass - the Class of <T>

Returns:

a new ListReceiver.

createCollection

protected java.util.List<T> createCollection(java.util.List<T> elements)

Returns elements unchanged - it's already the right type.

Specified by:

createCollection in class CollectionReceiver<T,java.util.List<T>>

Parameters:

elements - the collection contents.

Returns:

the corresponding collection.

See Also:

CollectionReceiver.createCollection(java.util.List)