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Artifact with proxy functionality for plain remote procedure calls
(RPC), a POJO alternative to RMI.
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package org.refcodes.remoting;
/**
* Provides an accessor for a {@link ClassDescriptor} property.
*/
public interface InstanceDescriptorAccessor {
/**
* Retrieves the {@link ClassDescriptor} from the {@link ClassDescriptor}
* property.
*
* @return The {@link ClassDescriptor} stored by the {@link ClassDescriptor}
* property.
*/
ClassDescriptor getInstanceDescriptor();
/**
* Provides a mutator for a {@link ClassDescriptor} property.
*/
public interface InstanceDescriptorMutator {
/**
* Sets the {@link ClassDescriptor} for the {@link ClassDescriptor}
* property.
*
* @param aInstanceDescriptor The {@link ClassDescriptor} to be stored
* by the {@link ClassDescriptor} property.
*/
void setInstanceDescriptor( ClassDescriptor aInstanceDescriptor );
}
/**
* Provides a builder method for the according property returning the
* builder for applying multiple build operations.
*
* @param The builder to return in order to be able to apply multiple
* build operations.
*/
public interface InstanceDescriptorBuilder> {
/**
* Sets the value for the {@link ClassDescriptor} property.
*
* @param aInstanceDescriptor The value to be stored by the
* {@link ClassDescriptor} property.
*
* @return The builder for applying multiple build operations.
*/
B withInstanceDescriptor( ClassDescriptor aInstanceDescriptor );
}
/**
* Provides a {@link ClassDescriptor} property.
*/
public interface InstanceDescriptorProperty extends InstanceDescriptorAccessor, InstanceDescriptorMutator {
/**
* This method stores and passes through the given argument, which is
* very useful for builder APIs: Sets the given {@link ClassDescriptor}
* (setter) as of {@link #setInstanceDescriptor(ClassDescriptor)} and
* returns the very same value (getter).
*
* @param aInstanceDescriptor The {@link ClassDescriptor} to set (via
* {@link #setInstanceDescriptor(ClassDescriptor)}).
*
* @return Returns the value passed for it to be used in conclusive
* processing steps.
*/
default ClassDescriptor letInstanceDescriptor( ClassDescriptor aInstanceDescriptor ) {
setInstanceDescriptor( aInstanceDescriptor );
return aInstanceDescriptor;
}
}
}
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