abbot.finder
Interface ComponentFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicFinder

public interface ComponentFinder

Interface to support looking up existing components based on a number of different criteria.

See Also:

Matcher

Method Summary

Component	find(Container root, Matcher m) Find a Component, using the given Matcher to determine whether a given component in the hierarchy under the given root is the desired one.
Component	find(Matcher m) Find a Component, using the given Matcher to determine whether a given component in the hierarchy used by this ComponentFinder is the desired one.

Method Detail

find

Component find(Matcher m)
               throws ComponentNotFoundException,
                      MultipleComponentsFoundException

Find a Component, using the given Matcher to determine whether a given component in the hierarchy used by this ComponentFinder is the desired one.

Note that MultipleComponentsFoundException can only be thrown if the Matcher argument is an instance of MultiMatcher.

Throws:

ComponentNotFoundException

MultipleComponentsFoundException

find

Component find(Container root,
               Matcher m)
               throws ComponentNotFoundException,
                      MultipleComponentsFoundException

Find a Component, using the given Matcher to determine whether a given component in the hierarchy under the given root is the desired one.

Note that MultipleComponentsFoundException can only be thrown if the Matcher argument is an instance of MultiMatcher.

Throws:

ComponentNotFoundException

MultipleComponentsFoundException