org.springextensions.actionscript.ioc.autowire.DefaultAutowireProcessor

	Property	Defined by
		objectFactory : IObjectFactory	DefaultAutowireProcessor

	Method	Defined by
		DefaultAutowireProcessor(objectFactory:IObjectFactory) Creates a new `DefaultAutowireProcessor` instance.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		autoWire(object:Object, objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition, objectName:String = null):void Method called during object creation.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		preprocessObjectDefinition(objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition):void Performs `AUTODETECT` and `CONSTRUCTOR` checks. Method that can be invoked by an `IObjectFactory` implementation for any type of pre-processing of the `IObjectDefinition` associated with the object that needs to be created. Typically this method can be used to do some kind of constructor configuration.	DefaultAutowireProcessor

	Method	Defined by
		autoWireByName(object:Object, objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition):void Called by autoWire method in case of autowire by name.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		autoWireByType(object:Object, objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition):void Called by autoWire method in case of autowire by type.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		autoWireField(object:Object, field:Field, objectName:String):void Checks of the specified `Field` instance contains any autowiring metadata, abd based on this class the appropriate wiring methods.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		autoWireFieldByName(object:Object, field:Field, metadata:MetaData, objectName:String):void Takes the field name or the value of the `AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_NAME` metadata argument, retrieves the object with that name form the `objectFactory` and injects it into the specified field.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		autoWireFieldByPropertyName(object:Object, field:Field, metadata:MetaData, objectName:String):void Takes the value of the `AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_EXTERNALPROPERTY` metadata argument, looks up the key in the `objectFactory`'s Properties array and injects it into the specified field.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		autoWireFieldByType(object:Object, field:Field, metadata:MetaData, objectName:String):void Tries to retrieve an autowire candidate based on the type of the specified field, and when found injects the candidate into the specified field.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		determinePrimaryCandidate(candidateNames:Array):String	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		findAutowireCandidateName(clazz:Class):String	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		findAutowireCandidateNames(clazz:Class):Array Called by autoWireByType to get all object names that could be used to autowire an object property	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		getApplicationDomain(object:Object):ApplicationDomain Returns the application domain for the given object.	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		getUnclaimedSimpleObjectProperties(object:Object, objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition):Array Used by autowire system in order to find fields eligible for autowire	DefaultAutowireProcessor

	Constant	Defined by
		AUTOWIRED_ANNOTATION : String = "Autowired" [static] The name of the metadata that determines whether a field needs to be autowired	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_EXTERNALPROPERTY : String = "externalProperty" [static] The name of the metadata argument that determines the name of a property in the container that needs to be injected into the specified field	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_MODE : String = "mode" [static] The name of the metadata argument that determines the autowiring strategy, possibles values are 'autodetect', 'byName', 'byType', 'constructor' or 'no'	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_NAME : String = "name" [static] The name of the metadata argument that determines the name of the object in the container that needs to be injected into the specified field	DefaultAutowireProcessor
		AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_REQUIRED : String = "required" [static] The name of the metadata argument that determines whether the dependency is required or not.	DefaultAutowireProcessor

Property detail

objectFactory

property

objectFactory:IObjectFactory [read-write]

Implementation
public function get objectFactory():IObjectFactory
public function set objectFactory(value:IObjectFactory):void

Constructor detail

DefaultAutowireProcessor

()

constructor

public function DefaultAutowireProcessor(objectFactory:IObjectFactory)

Creates a new DefaultAutowireProcessor instance.

Parameters

objectFactory:IObjectFactory

Method detail

autoWire

()

method

public function autoWire(object:Object, objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition, objectName:String = null):void

Method called during object creation. Will autowire unclaimed non simple properties by type or by name if required by the object definition.

Performs autowiring on the specified object instance, the specified IObjectDefinition can optionally be used to retrieve autowiring information from. Parameters

	`object:Object` — The instance that needs to be autowired.

	`objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition` — The `IObjectDefinition` associated with the object that needs to be created.

	`objectName:String` (default = `null`) — The name of the object as it is registered in a container.

autoWireByName

()

method

protected function autoWireByName(object:Object, objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition):void

Called by autoWire method in case of autowire by name.

Parameters

	`object:Object`

	`objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition`

See also

IObjectDefinition)

autoWireByType

()

method

protected function autoWireByType(object:Object, objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition):void

Called by autoWire method in case of autowire by type.

Parameters

	`object:Object`

	`objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition`

See also

IObjectDefinition)

autoWireField

()

method

protected function autoWireField(object:Object, field:Field, objectName:String):void

Checks of the specified Field instance contains any autowiring metadata, abd based on this class the appropriate wiring methods.

Parameters

	`object:Object` — The object being autowired

	`field:Field` — The field that will be examined for the necessary metadata

	`objectName:String` — The name of the object in the objectFactory

autoWireFieldByName

()

method

protected function autoWireFieldByName(object:Object, field:Field, metadata:MetaData, objectName:String):void

Takes the field name or the value of the AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_NAME metadata argument, retrieves the object with that name form the objectFactory and injects it into the specified field.

Parameters

	`object:Object` — The object being autowired

	`field:Field` — The field that will be injected

	`metadata:MetaData` — The autowiring metadata

	`objectName:String` — The name of the object in the objectFactory

autoWireFieldByPropertyName

()

method

protected function autoWireFieldByPropertyName(object:Object, field:Field, metadata:MetaData, objectName:String):void

Takes the value of the AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_EXTERNALPROPERTY metadata argument, looks up the key in the objectFactory's Properties array and injects it into the specified field.

Parameters

	`object:Object` — The object being autowired

	`field:Field` — The field that will be injected

	`metadata:MetaData` — The autowiring metadata

	`objectName:String` — The name of the object in the objectFactory

autoWireFieldByType

()

method

protected function autoWireFieldByType(object:Object, field:Field, metadata:MetaData, objectName:String):void

Tries to retrieve an autowire candidate based on the type of the specified field, and when found injects the candidate into the specified field.

Parameters

	`object:Object` — The object being autowired

	`field:Field` — The field that will be injected.

	`metadata:MetaData` — The autowiring metadata

	`objectName:String` — The name of the object in the objectFactory

determinePrimaryCandidate

()

method

protected function determinePrimaryCandidate(candidateNames:Array):String

Parameters

candidateNames:Array

Returns

String

findAutowireCandidateName

()

method

protected function findAutowireCandidateName(clazz:Class):String

Parameters

clazz:Class

Returns

String

findAutowireCandidateNames

()

method

protected function findAutowireCandidateNames(clazz:Class):Array

Called by autoWireByType to get all object names that could be used to autowire an object property

Parameters

clazz:Class — The class of the property that needs to get autowired.

Returns

Array — an Array containing all autowire candidates names.

See also

IObjectDefinition)

getApplicationDomain

()

method

protected function getApplicationDomain(object:Object):ApplicationDomain

Returns the application domain for the given object.

Parameters

object:Object

Returns

ApplicationDomain

getUnclaimedSimpleObjectProperties

()

method

protected function getUnclaimedSimpleObjectProperties(object:Object, objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition):Array

Used by autowire system in order to find fields eligible for autowire

Parameters

	`object:Object`

	`objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition`

Returns

Array — An array containing the names of all public variables and readwrite / writeonly accessors.

preprocessObjectDefinition

()

method

public function preprocessObjectDefinition(objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition):void

Performs AUTODETECT and CONSTRUCTOR checks.

Method that can be invoked by an IObjectFactory implementation for any type of pre-processing of the IObjectDefinition associated with the object that needs to be created.

Typically this method can be used to do some kind of constructor configuration.

Parameters

objectDefinition:IObjectDefinition — The IObjectDefinition that describes the object that will be created.

See also

AUTODETECT
CONSTRUCTOR

Constant detail

AUTOWIRED_ANNOTATION

constant

public static const AUTOWIRED_ANNOTATION:String = "Autowired"

The name of the metadata that determines whether a field needs to be autowired

AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_EXTERNALPROPERTY

constant

public static const AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_EXTERNALPROPERTY:String = "externalProperty"

The name of the metadata argument that determines the name of a property in the container that needs to be injected into the specified field

AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_MODE

constant

public static const AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_MODE:String = "mode"

The name of the metadata argument that determines the autowiring strategy, possibles values are 'autodetect', 'byName', 'byType', 'constructor' or 'no'

AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_NAME

constant

public static const AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_NAME:String = "name"

The name of the metadata argument that determines the name of the object in the container that needs to be injected into the specified field

AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_REQUIRED

constant

public static const AUTOWIRED_ARGUMENT_REQUIRED:String = "required"

The name of the metadata argument that determines whether the dependency is required or not.

Spring Actionscript API documentation	All Packages \| All Classes \| Index \| Frames No Frames
Class DefaultAutowireProcessor	Properties \| Methods \| Constants

Package	org.springextensions.actionscript.ioc.autowire
SVN browsing	DefaultAutowireProcessor.as
Fisheye	DefaultAutowireProcessor.as
Class	public class DefaultAutowireProcessor
Implements	IAutowireProcessor, IObjectFactoryAware
Subclasses	DefaultFlexAutowireProcessor