org.beanlet
Annotation Type StaticFactory

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value={CONSTRUCTOR,METHOD,FIELD})
public @interface StaticFactory

Applied to static methods or static fields to denote a factory.

Constructor Constraints

The constructor on which the StaticFactory annotation is applied MUST fulfill all of the following criteria:

• The constructor MUST NOT have any parameters.
• The constructor MAY throw a checked exception.
• The constructor on which StaticFactory is applied MAY be public, protected, package private or private.

Method Constraints

The method on which the StaticFactory annotation is applied MUST fulfill all of the following criteria:

• The method MUST NOT have any parameters.
• The return type of the method MUST NOT be void.
• The method MAY throw a checked exception.
• The method on which StaticFactory is applied MAY be public, protected, package private or private.
• The method MUST be static.
• The method MAY be final.

Field Constraints

The field on which the Factory annotation is applied MUST fulfill all of the following criteria:

• The field on which StaticFactory is applied MAY be public, protected, package private or private.
• The field MUST be static.
• The field MAY be final.

XML Representation

The following xml-fragment shows how to express this annotation in xml. The italic attribute of the 'static-factory' tag is used to identify the element to which this annotation is applied.

<beanlets xmlns="http://beanlet.org/schema/beanlet"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://beanlet.org/schema/beanlet http://beanlet.org/schema/beanlet/beanlet_1_0.xsd">
  <beanlet name="foo" type="com.acme.Foo">
    <static-factory field="bar"/>
  </beanlet>
</beanlets>