Package dev.hypera.chameleon.extension

Interface ChameleonExtensionFactory<T extends ChameleonExtension>

Type Parameters:

T - Chameleon extension type.

public interface ChameleonExtensionFactory<T extends ChameleonExtension>

Chameleon extension factory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@NotNull ChameleonPlatformExtension	create(@NotNull String platformId)	Create an extension instance for the given platform.
default @NotNull Collection<ChameleonExtensionDependency>	getDependencies(@NotNull String platformId)	Returns the dependencies this extension requires on the given platform.
@NotNull Class<T>	getType()	Returns the class of the Chameleon extension implementation that this factory supports.

Method Detail

create

@NotNull
@NotNull ChameleonPlatformExtension create(@NotNull
                                           @NotNull String platformId)
                                    throws ChameleonExtensionException

Create an extension instance for the given platform.

Note that the returned ChameleonPlatformExtension must implement T.

Parameters:

platformId - Platform identifier to create the extension for. This identifier can be compared against known platform identifiers stored as constants in Platform.

Returns:

new extension instance.

Throws:

ChameleonExtensionException - if something goes wrong while creating the extension.

getDependencies

@NotNull
default @NotNull Collection<ChameleonExtensionDependency> getDependencies(@NotNull
                                                                          @NotNull String platformId)

Returns the dependencies this extension requires on the given platform.

Parameters:

platformId - Platform identifier.

Returns:

collection of dependencies.

getType

@NotNull
@NotNull Class<T> getType()

Returns the class of the Chameleon extension implementation that this factory supports.

Returns:

Chameleon extension class.