This repository provides an extension of net.yetamine.sova library for use with the standard Map interface, turning a common Map into a type-safe heterogeneous container easily.
Adapting any Map instance into a type-safe heterogeneous container is especially useful for various configuration objects and processing contexts. Such a container can become a convenient and extensible replacement for classical Java beans; unlike a bean, the container works as a collection with implementation details provided by adaptation strategies, which makes it safer, avoids relying on reflection magic heavily and prevents leaking many implementation details.
Let's have a context instance that offers the type-safe heterogeneous container interface:
// Assuming that the key constants are defined elsewhere, e.g., in UserProfile and Hooks
final String userId = context.get(UserProfile.IDENTIFIER);
final X509Certificate[] certs = context.get(UserProfile.CERTIFICATES);
context.get(Hooks.AUTHENTICATION).authenticate(userId, certs);
For building this project is needed:
- JDK 8 or newer.
- Maven 3.3 or newer.
For using the built library is needed:
- JRE 8 or newer.
A special thank belongs to Atos. The development of this library would be much slower without their support which provided a great opportunity to verify the library practically and improve it according to the experience.
Another thank belongs to davej from project77.org for the permission to use his owl picture as the logo for this project. Why an owl? Because it is so cute and because sova means an owl in Czech.
The project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. Contributions to the project are welcome and accepted if they can be incorporated without the need of changing the license or license conditions and terms.
