001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.expression; 018 019import java.util.List; 020 021import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor; 022 023/** 024 * A constructor resolver attempts locate a constructor and returns a ConstructorExecutor 025 * that can be used to invoke that constructor. The ConstructorExecutor will be cached but 026 * if it 'goes stale' the resolvers will be called again. 027 * 028 * @author Andy Clement 029 * @since 3.0 030 */ 031public interface ConstructorResolver { 032 033 /** 034 * Within the supplied context determine a suitable constructor on the supplied type 035 * that can handle the specified arguments. Return a ConstructorExecutor that can be 036 * used to invoke that constructor (or {@code null} if no constructor could be found). 037 * @param context the current evaluation context 038 * @param typeName the type upon which to look for the constructor 039 * @param argumentTypes the arguments that the constructor must be able to handle 040 * @return a ConstructorExecutor that can invoke the constructor, or null if non found 041 */ 042 ConstructorExecutor resolve(EvaluationContext context, String typeName, List<TypeDescriptor> argumentTypes) 043 throws AccessException; 044 045}