ComponentDependency (XWiki Commons - Component - API 14.10.7 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the component role

All Superinterfaces:

ComponentRole<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultComponentDependency
```
public interface ComponentDependency<T>
extends ComponentRole<T>
```
Represents a component dependency.

Since:

1.7M1

Version:

$Id: 297a1e620d184e145f2217628174b29f82562559 $

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String[]`	`getHints()`
`Class<?>`	`getMappingType()`	Deprecated. since 4.0M1 use `ComponentRole.getRoleType()` instead
`String`	`getName()`

Methods inherited from interface org.xwiki.component.descriptor.ComponentRole
getRole, getRoleHint, getRoleType

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns:
    
    the name of the injection point (can be the name of the field for field injection or the name of the method for method injection
  - getHints
```
String[] getHints()
```
    Returns:
    
    a list of hints used when the mapping type is a collection or map so that only component implementations matching passed hints are injected
  - getMappingType
```
@Deprecated
Class<?> getMappingType()
```
    Deprecated.
    since 4.0M1 use ComponentRole.getRoleType() instead
    
    Returns:
    
    the class of the type for the injection (java.lang.String, java.util.List, etc)