Package org.apache.camel.spi

Interface FactoryFinder

public interface FactoryFinder

Finder to find factories from the resource classpath, usually META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	DEFAULT_PATH

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Optional<Class<?>>	findClass(String key)	Finds the given factory class using the key to lookup.
Optional<Class<?>>	findOptionalClass(String key)	Finds the optional factory class using the key to lookup.
String	getResourcePath()	Gets the resource classpath.
Optional<Object>	newInstance(String key)	Creates a new class instance using the key to lookup
<T> Optional<T>	newInstance(String key, Class<T> type)	Creates a new class instance using the key to lookup

Field Detail

DEFAULT_PATH

static final String DEFAULT_PATH

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getResourcePath

String getResourcePath()

Gets the resource classpath.

Returns:

the resource classpath.

newInstance

Optional<Object> newInstance(String key)

Creates a new class instance using the key to lookup

Parameters:

key - is the key to add to the path to find a text file containing the factory name

Returns:

a newly created instance (if exists)

newInstance

<T> Optional<T> newInstance(String key,
                            Class<T> type)

Creates a new class instance using the key to lookup

Parameters:

key - is the key to add to the path to find a text file containing the factory name

type - the class type

Returns:

a newly created instance (if exists)

findClass

Optional<Class<?>> findClass(String key)

Finds the given factory class using the key to lookup.

Parameters:

key - is the key to add to the path to find a text file containing the factory name

Returns:

the factory class

findOptionalClass

Optional<Class<?>> findOptionalClass(String key)

Finds the optional factory class using the key to lookup.

Parameters:

key - is the key to add to the path to find a text file containing the factory name

Returns:

the factory class if found, or null if no class existed