org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services
Interface ComponentClassCache

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComponentClassCacheImpl

public interface ComponentClassCache

A cache for converting between class names and component (or other) classes. For component classes, ensures that the class is the transformed class.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	defaultValueForType(java.lang.String className) Computes the default value for a field of the given type, returns the appropriate default value.
java.lang.Class	forName(java.lang.String className) Gets the Class instance for the given fully-qualified class name.

Method Detail

forName

java.lang.Class forName(java.lang.String className)

Gets the Class instance for the given fully-qualified class name.

Parameters:

className - fully qualified class name, or a primitive type name, or an array name (in source format)

Returns:

the class instance

defaultValueForType

java.lang.Object defaultValueForType(java.lang.String className)

Computes the default value for a field of the given type, returns the appropriate default value. This is typically null, but may be false (for a primitive boolean) or some version of 0 (for a primitive numeric field). Wrapper types will still be null.

Parameters:

className - type of field

Since:

5.2.0