1 /** 2 * Copyright (c) 2008-2012, http://www.snakeyaml.org 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor; 17 18 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Node; 19 20 /** 21 * Provide a way to construct a Java instance out of the composed Node. Support 22 * recursive objects if it is required. (create Native Data Structure out of 23 * Node Graph) 24 * 25 * @see <a href="http://yaml.org/spec/1.1/#id859109">Chapter 3. Processing YAML 26 * Information</a> 27 */ 28 public interface Construct { 29 /** 30 * Construct a Java instance with all the properties injected when it is 31 * possible. 32 * 33 * @param node 34 * composed Node 35 * @return a complete Java instance 36 */ 37 public Object construct(Node node); 38 39 /** 40 * Apply the second step when constructing recursive structures. Because the 41 * instance is already created it can assign a reference to itself. 42 * 43 * @param node 44 * composed Node 45 * @param object 46 * the instance constructed earlier by 47 * <code>construct(Node node)</code> for the provided Node 48 */ 49 public void construct2ndStep(Node node, Object object); 50 }