EntityReferenceResolver (XWiki Platform - Model - API 14.10.7 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the object to resolve into an Entity Reference
```
@Role
public interface EntityReferenceResolver<T>
```
Resolve an Entity reference defined in a given representation into a validated EntityReference object, ie with valid values and a valid hierarchy (eg a Document reference must have a parent which is a space reference, reference values must not be null, etc).

Since:

2.2M1

Version:

$Id: ddc62a5ec683a93d8af79329ed8639b2a44b914b $

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static ParameterizedType`	`TYPE_REFERENCE`	Type instance for `EntityReferenceResolver<EntityReference>`.
`static ParameterizedType`	`TYPE_STRING`	Type instance for `EntityReferenceResolver<String>`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`EntityReference`	`resolve(T entityReferenceRepresentation, EntityType type, Object... parameters)`

- Field Detail
  - TYPE_STRING
```
static final ParameterizedType TYPE_STRING
```
    Type instance for EntityReferenceResolver<String>.
    
    Since:
    
    4.0M1
  - TYPE_REFERENCE
```
static final ParameterizedType TYPE_REFERENCE
```
    Type instance for EntityReferenceResolver<EntityReference>.
    
    Since:
    
    4.0M1
- Method Detail
  - resolve
```
EntityReference resolve(T entityReferenceRepresentation,
                        EntityType type,
                        Object... parameters)
```
    Parameters:
    
    entityReferenceRepresentation - the representation of an entity reference (eg as a String)
    
    type - the type of the Entity (Document, Space, Attachment, Wiki, etc) to resolve out of the representation, since 14.8 it's possible to pass null if the resolver should extract the type from the representation itself
    
    parameters - optional parameters. Their meaning depends on the resolver implementation
    
    Returns:
    
    the valid resolved reference as an Object