ComponentRole (XWiki Commons - Component - API 14.10.7 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the component role

All Known Subinterfaces:

ComponentDependency<T>, ComponentDescriptor<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultComponentDependency, DefaultComponentDescriptor, DefaultComponentRole
```
public interface ComponentRole<T>
```
Identify a unique component.

Version:

$Id: 3951d73231a6f6dff8d55dd02434431460b4107c $

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<T>`	`getRole()`	Deprecated. since 4.0M1 use `getRoleType()` instead
`String`	`getRoleHint()`
`Type`	`getRoleType()`

- Method Detail
  - getRoleType
```
Type getRoleType()
```
    Returns:
    
    the class of the component role
  - getRoleHint
```
String getRoleHint()
```
    Returns:
    
    the hint of the component role
  - getRole
```
@Deprecated
Class<T> getRole()
```
    Deprecated.
    since 4.0M1 use getRoleType() instead
    
    Returns:
    
    the class of the component role