org.jbind.xml.schema.instantiation
Interface IElementHelper

All Known Subinterfaces:

IComponentJob

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComponentJob

public interface IElementHelper

Provides methods that are used by elements to create components and sub jobs.

Method Summary

void	addSubJob(IComponentJobHelper aHelper, IComponentSetter aSetter) Creates a sub job and adds it to this job.
IComponent	getComponent(IRef aGlobalRef, boolean aMustBeValidated) Resolves a component reference.

Method Detail

getComponent

public IComponent getComponent(IRef aGlobalRef,
                               boolean aMustBeValidated)

Resolves a component reference. Depend on the usage of the component it may be sufficient that a component is created but not yet validated in order to be retrieved.

Parameters:

aGlobalRef - (required).

aMustBeValidated - Determines if the retrieved component must have been validated or not. If the component is not yet validated and true is specified for this parameter then null is returned.

Returns:

(optional).

addSubJob

public void addSubJob(IComponentJobHelper aHelper,
                      IComponentSetter aSetter)

Creates a sub job and adds it to this job.

Parameters:

aHelper - (required).

aSetter - (required).