org.grouplens.grapht

Interface Instantiator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassInstantiator

public interface Instantiator

Interface for instantiating components. It functions much like Provider, except that it reports failure with a checked exception.

Since:

0.9

Author:

GroupLens Research

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class	getType() Get the type that this instantiator will instantiate.
Object	instantiate()

Method Detail

instantiate

Object instantiate()
            throws ConstructionException

Throws:

ConstructionException

getType

Class getType()

Get the type that this instantiator will instantiate.

Returns:

The type returned by this instantiator.