org.ametiste.laplatform.protocol

Interface ProtocolFactory<T extends Protocol>

Type Parameters:

T - factory of protocol produced by this factory. Note, main reason to have this general factory is autoconfiguration capabilities, see ProtocolUtils.protocolFactoryPair(ProtocolFactory) for technical details of configuration process.

public interface ProtocolFactory<T extends Protocol>

Interface of a factory that creates instances of a protocols of the given factory.

Since:

0.1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	createProtocol(GatewayContext gatewayContext)
default java.lang.Class<T>	protocolType() Provides a type of protocol that this factory can produce.

Method Detail

createProtocol

T createProtocol(GatewayContext gatewayContext)

protocolType

default java.lang.Class<T> protocolType()

Provides a type of protocol that this factory can produce.

Note, if concrete ProtocolFactory decides to implement this method, contract to return only types that the factory can produce is strictly required to apply.

Returns:

type of protocol, can't be null.