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## org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons
[Java] Interface ArtefactHandler

    public interface ArtefactHandler

The ArtefactHandler interface's purpose is to allow the analysis of conventions within a Grails application. An artefact is represented by the GrailsClass interface and this interface provides methods that allow artefacts to be identified, created and initialized.

Artefacts need to provide info about themselves, and some callbacks are required to verify whether or not a class is that kind of artefact/p>

Authors:
  Graeme Rocher
  Marc Palmer (marc@anyware.co.uk)

See Also:
  GrailsApplication.registerArtefactHandler

Method Summary
`GrailsClass` | `getArtefactForFeature(java.lang.Object feature)`
`java.lang.String` | `getPluginName()` Obtains the plugin name that deals with this artefact.
`java.lang.String` | `getType()` Implementations must return a name such as "Domain" to indicate the type of artefact they represent.
`void` | `initialize(ArtefactInfo artefacts)`
`boolean` | `isArtefact(java.lang.Class aClass)`
`boolean` | `isArtefactGrailsClass(GrailsClass artefactGrailsClass)`
`GrailsClass` | `newArtefactClass(java.lang.Class artefactClass)`

Method Detail

### getArtefactForFeature

    public GrailsClass getArtefactForFeature(java.lang.Object feature)

  Called to retrieve an artefact relating to some other key for example a URI or tag name

  Handlers are responsible for caching the appropriate information using the data passed to them in calls to initialize()

  Parameters:
    `feature` - Any object that acts as a key
  Returns:
    A matching artefact GrailsClass or null if there is no match for this feature ID

### getPluginName

    public java.lang.String getPluginName()

  Obtains the plugin name that deals with this artefact.
  Returns:
    The plugin name or null if there isn't one

### getType

    public java.lang.String getType()

  Implementations must return a name such as "Domain" to indicate the type of artefact they represent.
  Returns:
    The aretfact type, as a String

### initialize

    public void initialize(ArtefactInfo artefacts)

  Called whenever the list of artefacts has changed or been reloaded.

  It must be safe to call this method multiple times and have any internal data structures reset.

  Parameters:
    `artefacts` - The collection of artefact classes for this handler

### isArtefact

    public boolean isArtefact(@java.lang.SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") java.lang.Class aClass)

  Called by the GrailsApplication whenever it needs to know if a given class is considered to be the kind of artefact represented by this handler.

  Typically you will check the name of the class and some other properties to see if it is of the correct artefact type

  Parameters:
    `aClass` - A class to test
  Returns:
    true if the class looks like one of your artefacts

### isArtefactGrailsClass

    public boolean isArtefactGrailsClass(GrailsClass artefactGrailsClass)

  Called to check if the specified GrailsClass is one managed by this artefact handler

  Parameters:
    `artefactGrailsClass` - A GrailsClass instance
  Returns:
    true if this handler manages the specified GrailsClass

### newArtefactClass

    public GrailsClass newArtefactClass(@java.lang.SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") java.lang.Class artefactClass)

  Called by GrailsApplication when a new class is found and a GrailsClass wrapping it is required

  Parameters:
    `artefactClass` - The new class that has been loaded
  Returns:
    A new custom GrailsClass wrapper containing any extra information your artefact type requires

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