Method Detail

• getImplementedBy

  <T extends Entity> java.lang.Class<? extends T> getImplementedBy(java.lang.Class<T> type)

  Returns the implementation to be used for the given entity type.

  Type Parameters:

  D -

  Parameters:

  entity - the DriverDependentEntity to create the EntityDriver for.

  location - the Location where the DriverDependentEntity is running.

  Returns:

  the creates EntityDriver.

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If no implementation registered, and the given interface is not annotated with ImplementedBy

  java.lang.IllegalStateException - If the given type is not an interface, or if the implementation class is not a concrete class implementing it

• getEntityTypeOf

  <T extends Entity> java.lang.Class<? super T> getEntityTypeOf(java.lang.Class<T> type)

  Returns the interface of this entity implementation. E.g. for use as the fully qualified name in entity.getEntityType().getName().

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If no interface is registered against this implementation, and no super-type of the class is annotated with ImplementedBy to point at the given class

• registerImplementation

  <T extends Entity> EntityTypeRegistry registerImplementation(java.lang.Class<T> type,
                                                             java.lang.Class<? extends T> implClazz)

  Registers the implementation to use for a given entity type. The implementation must be a non-abstract class implementing the given type, and must have a no-argument constructor.

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If this implementation has already been registered for a different type

  java.lang.IllegalStateException - If the implClazz is not a concrete class, or does not implement type