Interface Instances

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, InstanceRemover

public interface Instances
extends AutoCloseable, InstanceRemover

A factory for Suppliers of contextual instances.

Author:

Laird Nelson

See Also:

• supplier(Request)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default void	close()
boolean	proxiable(Request<?> request)	Returns true if and only if the supplied Request should result in a contextual reference that is a client proxy.
<I> Supplier<? extends I>	supplier(Request<I> request)	Returns a Supplier of contextual instances appropriate for the given Request.

Methods inherited from interface org.microbean.reference.InstanceRemover

remove

Method Details

close

default void close()

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

proxiable

boolean proxiable(Request<?> request)

Returns true if and only if the supplied Request should result in a contextual reference that is a client proxy.

Parameters:

request - a Request; may be null

Returns:

true if and only if the supplied Request should result in a contextual reference that is a client proxy

supplier

<I> Supplier<? extends I> supplier(Request<I> request)

Returns a Supplier of contextual instances appropriate for the given Request.

Type Parameters:

I - the type of the contextual instance being requested

Parameters:

request - a Request; may be null

Returns:

a non-null Supplier of contextual instances of the appropriate type