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public interface

PlexusBeanManager

org.sonatype.guice.plexus.binders.PlexusBeanManager
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Service that manages the lifecycle of Plexus beans.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract PropertyBinding manage(BeanProperty<?> property)
Decides whether the given bean property will be managed by this manager.
abstract boolean manage(Object bean)
Decides whether the given Plexus bean instance will be managed by this manager.
abstract boolean manage(Class<?> clazz)
Decides whether instances of the given Plexus bean type should be reported to this manager.
abstract boolean unmanage(Object bean)
Tells this manager to unmanage the given Plexus bean instance.
abstract boolean unmanage()
Tells this manager to unmanage all the Plexus bean instances it knows about.

Public Methods

public abstract PropertyBinding manage (BeanProperty<?> property)

Decides whether the given bean property will be managed by this manager.

Parameters
property The bean property
Returns
  • Non-null binding if the bean property will be managed; otherwise null

public abstract boolean manage (Object bean)

Decides whether the given Plexus bean instance will be managed by this manager.

Parameters
bean The Plexus bean instance
Returns
  • true if the bean instance will be managed; otherwise false

public abstract boolean manage (Class<?> clazz)

Decides whether instances of the given Plexus bean type should be reported to this manager.

Parameters
clazz The Plexus bean type
Returns
  • true if instances of the bean should be reported; otherwise false

public abstract boolean unmanage (Object bean)

Tells this manager to unmanage the given Plexus bean instance.

Parameters
bean The Plexus bean instance
Returns
  • true if the bean instance was unmanaged; otherwise false

public abstract boolean unmanage ()

Tells this manager to unmanage all the Plexus bean instances it knows about.

Returns
  • true if any bean instances were unmanaged; otherwise false