org.mentawai.ioc
Interface Bean

All Known Implementing Classes:

ActionComponent, ApplicationComponent, DefaultComponent, LocaleComponent, ScopeComponent, SessionComponent

public interface Bean

Defines an IoC component. A Mentawai IoC component returns instances of a given class to be injected in the action by the IoCFilter and InjectionFilter.

Author:

Sergio Oliveira

Method Summary

Object	getBean() Returns an instance of the class this component represents.
Class<? extends Object>	getType()

Method Detail

getBean

Object getBean()
               throws InstantiationException

Returns an instance of the class this component represents.

Returns:

An instance of the class this component represents.

Throws:

InstantiationException - if for any reason the instance cannot be created.

getType

Class<? extends Object> getType()