2 * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
4 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
5 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
6 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
8 package org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.model.api.type.builder;
10 import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
11 import org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.model.api.MethodSignature;
12 import org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.model.api.MethodSignature.ValueMechanics;
13 import org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.model.api.Type;
14 import org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.model.api.TypeMemberComment;
17 * Method Signature Builder serves solely for building Method Signature and
18 * returning the <code>new</code> instance of Method Signature. <br>
19 * By definition of {@link MethodSignature} the Method in java MUST contain
20 * Name, Return Type and Access Modifier. By default the Access Modifier can be
21 * set to public. The Method Signature builder does not contain method for
22 * addName due to enforce reason that MethodSignatureBuilder SHOULD be
23 * instantiated only once with defined method name. <br>
24 * The methods as {@link #addAnnotation(String, String)} and
25 * {@link #setComment(TypeMemberComment)} can be used as optional because not all methods
26 * MUST contain annotation or comment definitions.
28 * @see MethodSignature
30 public interface MethodSignatureBuilder extends TypeMemberBuilder<MethodSignatureBuilder> {
32 * Sets the flag for declaration of method as abstract or non abstract. If the flag {@code isAbstract == true}
33 * the instantiated Method Signature MUST have return value for {@link MethodSignature#isAbstract()} also equals to
36 * @param isAbstract is abstract flag
38 MethodSignatureBuilder setAbstract(boolean isAbstract);
41 * Sets the flag indicating whether this is a {@code default interface} method.
43 * @param isDefault true if this signature is to represent a default method.
44 * @return this builder
46 MethodSignatureBuilder setDefault(boolean isDefault);
49 MethodSignatureBuilder setMechanics(ValueMechanics mechanics);
52 * Adds Parameter into the List of method parameters. Neither the Name or Type of parameter can be {@code null}.
55 * In case that any of parameters are defined as <code>null</code> the
56 * method SHOULD throw an {@link IllegalArgumentException}
58 * @param type Parameter Type
59 * @param name Parameter Name
61 MethodSignatureBuilder addParameter(Type type, String name);
64 * Returns <code>new</code> <i>immutable</i> instance of Method Signature. <br>
65 * The <code>definingType</code> param cannot be <code>null</code>. Every method in Java MUST be declared and
66 * defined inside the scope of <code>class</code> or <code>interface</code> definition. In case that defining Type
67 * will be passed as <code>null</code> reference the method SHOULD thrown {@link IllegalArgumentException}.
69 * @param definingType Defining Type of Method Signature
70 * @return <code>new</code> <i>immutable</i> instance of Method Signature.
72 MethodSignature toInstance(Type definingType);