Package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.specloader

Object Reflector API.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
FacetDecoratorInstaller
ObjectReflectorInstaller	Installs a SpecificationLoaderSpi during system start up.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ObjectReflectorDefault	Builds the meta-model.
ReflectorConstants
ServiceInitializer

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
ReflectiveActionException

Package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.specloader Description

Object Reflector API.

The job of the reflector is to create the meta-model, typically using annotations and other conventions in its own applib.

Concrete implementations are in the programmingmodel-xxx-impl modules. These are expected to be based heavily on ObjectReflectorAbstract, defined in nof-core. This implementation defines two further sub-APIs which are based on the Facets and FacetDecorators:

• the ProgrammingModelInstaller is used to specify the collection of FacetFactorys that will be used to actually process and build up the metamodel.
• the FacetDecoratorInstaller API specifies how Facet, once created, can be additionally decorated to modify their behaviour. A number of other components are implemented as FacetDecorators, such as authorisation, help, and transactions. However it is possible for other FacetDecorators to be defined and installed also (such as i18n).