net.sf.mmm.util.component
Class AbstractComponent

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.mmm.util.component.AbstractComponent

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractLoggable, MarkupUtil, PojoDescriptorConfigurationImpl

public abstract class AbstractComponent
extends Object

This is the abstract base class for a component that needs initialization.

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Constructor Summary

AbstractComponent()
The constructor.

Method Summary

protected void	doInitialize() This method performs the actual initialization.
protected InitializationState	getInitializationState() This method gets the InitializationState of this component.
void	initialize() This method initializes this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractComponent

public AbstractComponent()

The constructor.

Method Detail

initialize

@PostConstruct
public final void initialize()

This method initializes this class. It has to be called after construction and injection is completed.

doInitialize

protected void doInitialize()

This method performs the actual initialization. It is called when initialize() is invoked for the first time.
ATTENTION:
When you override this method from a sub-class you need to do a super.doInitialize().

getInitializationState

protected final InitializationState getInitializationState()

This method gets the InitializationState of this component.

Returns:

the initializationState

See Also:

initialize(), InitializationState.requireInitilized(), InitializationState.requireNotInitilized()