org.mule.config

Class PreferredObjectSelector<T>

java.lang.Object

org.mule.config.PreferredObjectSelector<T>

public class PreferredObjectSelector<T>
extends Object

Selects a preferred object from a collection of instances of the same type based on the weight of the Preferred annotation. If there is no preferred instances, then it just returns the first object in the collection.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PreferredObjectSelector()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	select(Iterator<T> iterator) Selects a preferred object from instances returned by an Iterator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PreferredObjectSelector

public PreferredObjectSelector()

Method Detail

select

public T select(Iterator<T> iterator)

Selects a preferred object from instances returned by an Iterator.

The preferred instance will be the instance annotated with Preferred annotation with the highest weight attribute if there is any, or a non annotated class otherwise.

Parameters:

iterator - contains the objects to select from

Returns:

the preferred instance