ComponentDescriptor (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:

DefaultComponentDescriptor
```
public interface ComponentDescriptor<T>
extends ComponentRole<T>
```
Represent a component.

Since:

1.7M1

Version:

$Id: a0aae74ff005b8535ca54b29c20903c022ebc0b3 $

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Collection<ComponentDependency<?>>`	`getComponentDependencies()`
`Class<? extends T>`	`getImplementation()`
`ComponentInstantiationStrategy`	`getInstantiationStrategy()`

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

- Method Detail
  - getImplementation
```
Class<? extends T> getImplementation()
```
    Returns:
    
    the class of the component implementation
  - getInstantiationStrategy
```
ComponentInstantiationStrategy getInstantiationStrategy()
```
    Returns:
    
    the way the component should be instantiated
    
    See Also:
    
    ComponentInstantiationStrategy
  - getComponentDependencies
```
Collection<ComponentDependency<?>> getComponentDependencies()
```
    Returns:
    
    the components on which this component depends