package org.jboss.resteasy.spi;

import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;

Author:
Bill Burke
Version:
$Revision: 1 $/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:bill@burkecentral.com">Bill Burke</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1 $
 */
public interface ConstructorInjector
{
   
Construct outside the scope of an HTTP request.  Useful for singleton factories.
Returns:
constructed object/**
    * Construct outside the scope of an HTTP request.  Useful for singleton factories.
    *
    * @return constructed object
    */
   Object construct();

   
Construct inside the scope of an HTTP request.
Params:
request – http request
response – http response
Throws:
Failure – if failure occurred
WebApplicationException – if application exception occurred
ApplicationException – if application exception occurred
Returns:
constructed object/**
    * Construct inside the scope of an HTTP request.
    *
    * @param request http request
    * @param response http response
    * @return constructed object
    * @throws Failure if failure occurred
    * @throws WebApplicationException if application exception occurred
    * @throws ApplicationException if application exception occurred
    */
   Object construct(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response) throws Failure, WebApplicationException, ApplicationException;

   
Create an arguments list from injectable tings outside the scope of an HTTP request.  Useful for singleton factories
in cases where the resource factory wants to allocate the object itself, but wants resteasy to populate
the arguments.
Returns:
array of arguments/**
    * Create an arguments list from injectable tings outside the scope of an HTTP request.  Useful for singleton factories
    * in cases where the resource factory wants to allocate the object itself, but wants resteasy to populate
    * the arguments.
    *
    * @return array of arguments
    */
   Object[] injectableArguments();

   
Create an argument list inside the scope of an HTTP request.
Useful in cases where the resource factory wants to allocate the object itself, but wants resteasy to populate
the arguments.
Params:
request – http request
response – http response
Throws:
Failure – if failure occurred
Returns:
array of arguments/**
    * Create an argument list inside the scope of an HTTP request.
    * Useful in cases where the resource factory wants to allocate the object itself, but wants resteasy to populate
    * the arguments.
    *
    * @param request http request
    * @param response http response
    * @return array of arguments
    * @throws Failure if failure occurred
    */
   Object[] injectableArguments(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response) throws Failure;
}