Package org.axonframework.messaging.core.annotation

Class ClasspathHandlerDefinition

java.lang.Object

org.axonframework.messaging.core.annotation.ClasspathHandlerDefinition

public final class ClasspathHandlerDefinition
extends Object

HandlerDefinition instance that locates other HandlerDefinition instances on the class path. It uses the ServiceLoader mechanism to locate and initialize them.

This means for this class to find implementations, their fully qualified class name has to be put into a file called META-INF/services/org.axonframework.messaging.core.annotation.HandlerDefinition. For more details, see ServiceLoader.

Since:

3.3.0

Author:

Tyler Thrailkill, Milan Savic

See Also:

• ServiceLoader

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static MultiHandlerDefinition	forClass(Class<?> clazz)	Creates an instance for the given clazz.
static MultiHandlerDefinition	forClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader)	Creates an instance using the given classLoader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

forClass

public static MultiHandlerDefinition forClass(Class<?> clazz)

Creates an instance for the given clazz. Effectively, the class loader of the given class is used to locate implementations.

Parameters:

clazz - The class for which the handler definition must be returned

Returns:

a MultiHandlerDefinition that can create handlers for the given class

forClassLoader

public static MultiHandlerDefinition forClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader)

Creates an instance using the given classLoader. Implementations are located using this class loader.

Parameters:

classLoader - The class loader to locate the implementations with

Returns:

a MultiHandlerDefinition instance using the given classLoader