Contains a reference to a component and a locator to find it.
Description
The Reference class allows you to store a reference to a component and a locator to find it.
Important points
- It is used by References to store registered component references.
Constructors
Creates a new instance of the reference object and assigns its values.
public
Reference(Object locator, Object reference) throws NullPointerException
- locator: Object - locator to find the reference.
- component: Object - reference to component.
Instance methods
getComponent
Gets the stored component reference.
public
Object getComponent()
- returns: Object - component’s references.
getLocator
Gets the stored component locator.
public
Object getLocator()
- returns: any - component’s locator.
match
Matches locator to this reference locator. Descriptors are matched using the equal method. All other locator types are matched using direct comparison.
public
boolean match(Object locator)
- locator: Object - locator to match.
- returns: boolean - true if locators are matching and false it they don’t.