RuleProvider (Windup Engine - Config API 6.3.6.Final API)

All Superinterfaces:

org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.ConfigurationProvider<RuleLoaderContext>, org.ocpsoft.common.pattern.Specialized<Object>, org.ocpsoft.common.pattern.Weighted

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRuleProvider, ArchiveExtractionPhase, ArchiveMetadataExtractionPhase, ClassifyFileTypesPhase, DecompilationPhase, DependentPhase, DiscoverProjectStructurePhase, DiscoveryPhase, FinalizePhase, InitialAnalysisPhase, InitializationPhase, IteratingRuleProvider, MigrationRulesPhase, PostFinalizePhase, PostMigrationRulesPhase, PostReportGenerationPhase, PostReportPfRenderingPhase, PostReportRenderingPhase, PreReportGenerationPhase, PreReportPfRenderingPhase, ReportGenerationPhase, ReportPfRenderingPhase, ReportRenderingPhase, RulePhase, RuleProviderBuilder, SingleRuleProvider
```
public interface RuleProvider
extends org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.ConfigurationProvider<RuleLoaderContext>
```
A windup-specific implementation of ConfigurationProvider. Provides Rule instances and relevant RuleProviderMetadata for those Rule instances.

Author:

Lincoln Baxter, III

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.Configuration`	`getConfiguration(RuleLoaderContext context)`	KEEP - The purpose of this override is to make sure that reflection (interface.getClass().getMethods()) keeps a method with the specific type.
`RuleProviderMetadata`	`getMetadata()`	Get the `RuleProviderMetadata` for this `RuleProvider`.

Methods inherited from interface org.ocpsoft.common.pattern.Specialized
handles

Methods inherited from interface org.ocpsoft.common.pattern.Weighted
priority

- Method Detail
  - getMetadata
```
RuleProviderMetadata getMetadata()
```
    Get the RuleProviderMetadata for this RuleProvider.
  - getConfiguration
```
org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.Configuration getConfiguration(RuleLoaderContext context)
```
    KEEP - The purpose of this override is to make sure that reflection (interface.getClass().getMethods()) keeps a method with the specific type. Otherwise, type erasure will get rid of it and callers will get ClassCastExceptions in some obscure cases.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getConfiguration in interface org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.ConfigurationProvider<RuleLoaderContext>