AbstractPodDefinition class abstract

An abstract base class for pod definitions that extends PodDefinition.

AbstractPodDefinition adds mutable state and utility methods to support advanced features such as:

Tracking whether a pod definition is stale
Marking whether a pod is a provider (factory) of other pods
Attaching a PodExpression to represent its creation logic
Checking whether lifecycle methods like destroy exist

Typically, concrete pod definitions (e.g., RootPodDefinition) extend this class to customize behavior while leveraging the shared mutability features.

Example

class RootPodDefinition extends AbstractPodDefinition {
  RootPodDefinition() : super(name: "root", type: Class<OtherService>());
}

final rootDef = RootPodDefinition();
rootDef.setIsStale(true);

if (rootDef.getIsStale()) {
  print("Pod definition needs re-evaluation");
}

rootDef.setIsPodProvider(true);
print(rootDef.getIsPodProvider()); // true

Inheritance

Object
PodDefinition
AbstractPodDefinition

Implementers

RootPodDefinition

Constructors

AbstractPodDefinition({required Class type, Object? instance, String? resolvedDestroyMethodName}): Creates an AbstractPodDefinition with a given name and type.

Properties

annotatedClasses → List<Class>: The list of annotation classes which the type of this pod definition is annotated with.
finalinherited
annotations → List<Annotation>: The complete list of annotations discovered on the class and its meta-annotations.
finalinherited
autowireCandidate ↔ AutowireCandidateDescriptor: Defines whether this pod is eligible for autowiring.
getter/setter pairinherited
canProxy ↔ bool: Whether this pod is eligible for proxying.
getter/setter pairinherited
dependencyCheck ↔ DependencyCheck: Defines the dependency validation strategy.
getter/setter pairinherited
dependsOn ↔ List<DependencyDesign>: Other dependencies that this pod depends on.
getter/setter pairinherited
description ↔ String?: A description of the pod.
getter/setter pairinherited
design ↔ DesignDescriptor: Defines the design role of the pod.
getter/setter pairinherited
executableArgumentValues ↔ ConstructorArgumentValues: Arguments to be passed to the pod’s constructor.
getter/setter pairinherited
factoryMethod ↔ FactoryMethodDesign: The factory method used to create this pod.
getter/setter pairinherited
hasBeforeInstantiationResolved ↔ bool: Whether this pod has been resolved before instantiation.
getter/setter pairinherited
hashCode → int: The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
instance ↔ Object?: The instance of the pod definition.
getter/setter pair
isPodProvider ↔ bool: Whether this pod is a provider of other pods.
getter/setter pairinherited
lifecycle ↔ LifecycleDesign: Defines the lifecycle behavior of the pod.
getter/setter pairinherited
name ↔ String: The unique name of the pod (component).
getter/setter pairinherited
preferredConstructors → List<Constructor>: List of preferred constructors for autowiring.
finalinherited
propertyValues ↔ MutablePropertyValues: Mutable property values assigned to this pod.
getter/setter pairinherited
resolvedDestroyMethodName ↔ String?: getter/setter pair
runtimeType → Type: A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited
scope ↔ ScopeDesign: Defines the scope of the pod.
getter/setter pairinherited
type ↔ Class: The Class type that this pod represents.
getter/setter pairinherited

Methods

clone() → PodDefinition: Creates and returns a deep clone of this pod definition.
inherited
equalizedProperties() → List<Object?>: Mixin-style contract for value-based equality, hashCode, and toString.
override
getAnnotation<A>() → A?: Returns the annotation of type A, if present.
inherited
getAnnotations<A>() → List<A>: Returns a list of annotations of type A.
inherited
getIsStale() → bool: Returns whether this pod definition is stale.
getPodExpression() → Object?: Returns the PodExpression representing this pod’s creation logic.
hasAnnotation<A>() → bool: Returns true if this definition has an annotation of type A.
inherited
hasConstructorArgumentValues() → bool: Returns whether this pod definition contains any constructor argument values.
inherited
hasDestroyMethod(String methodName) → bool: Checks whether this pod definition defines a destroy method with the given methodName.
hasPreferredConstructors() → bool: Returns whether this pod definition has any preferred constructors.
inherited
hasPropertyValues() → bool: Returns whether this pod definition contains any property values.
inherited
isAbstractAndNoFactory() → bool: Returns true if this definition is non-instantiable.
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic: Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
setIsStale(bool value) → void: Marks this pod definition as stale or not.
setPodExpression(Object podExpression) → void: Attaches a PodExpression representing this pod’s creation logic.
toString() → String: A string representation of this object.
inherited
toStringOptions() → ToStringOptions: override

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool: The equality operator.
inherited