org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services

Interface ThunkCreator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ThunkCreatorImpl

public interface ThunkCreator

A thunk is a delayed calculation. In Java and Tapestry terms, a Thunk is a proxy object of a particular interface that delegates all methods to an object of the same type obtained from an ObjectProvider. This is used by LazyAdvisor to build lazy thunk proxies.

Since:

5.1.0.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	createThunk(java.lang.Class<T> proxyType, ObjectCreator objectCreator, java.lang.String description) Creates a Thunk of the given proxy type.

Method Detail

createThunk

<T> T createThunk(java.lang.Class<T> proxyType,
                  ObjectCreator objectCreator,
                  java.lang.String description)

Creates a Thunk of the given proxy type.

Type Parameters:

T - type of thunk

Parameters:

proxyType - type of object to create (must be an interface)

objectCreator - provides an instance of the same type on demand (may be invoked multiple times)

description - to be returned from the thunk's toString() method

Returns:

thunk of given type