ComponentFactory (Azkarra Streams 0.4 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the component-type.

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicComponentFactory, ComplexWordCountTopologyModule, ComponentFactory.SimpleFactory, ComponentModule
```
public interface ComponentFactory<T>
```
The ComponentFactory interface is used for creating new component instance.

See Also:

ComponentRegistry, ComponentDescriptor

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class ComponentFactory.SimpleFactory<T>

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<T>`	`getType()`	Returns the type of the component created by this `ComponentFactory`.
`default boolean`	`isSingleton()`	Returns the if the instance created from this `ComponentFactory` must be shared across the application.
`T`	`make()`	Creates a new instance for the specified type.
`static <T> ComponentFactory<T>`	`prototypeOf(T instance)`
`static <T> ComponentFactory<T>`	`singletonOf(T instance)`

- Method Detail
  - singletonOf
```
static <T> ComponentFactory<T> singletonOf(T instance)
```
  - prototypeOf
```
static <T> ComponentFactory<T> prototypeOf(T instance)
```
  - make
```
T make()
```
    Creates a new instance for the specified type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the new instance of type ComponentFactory.
  - getType
```
Class<T> getType()
```
    Returns the type of the component created by this ComponentFactory.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Class instance.
  - isSingleton
```
default boolean isSingleton()
```
    Returns the if the instance created from this ComponentFactory must be shared across the application.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the instance is shared, false otherwise.