org.apache.tapestry.services.impl
Interface DeferredObject

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.hivemind.Locatable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeferredObjectImpl, LiteralDeferredObject

public interface DeferredObject
extends org.apache.hivemind.Locatable

Interface for an object that can provide a second, target object. This encapsulates the process of obtaining the target object (which is presumably expensive) so that the operation can be deferred or even avoided.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Howard M. Lewis Ship

See Also:

DeferredObjectTranslator

Method Summary

Object

getObject() Returns the target object.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hivemind.Locatable

getLocation

Method Detail

getObject

Object getObject()

Returns the target object. The caller is expected to cache the result, if appropriate.