org.hibernate.search.annotations

Annotation Type Factory

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=METHOD)
 @Documented
public @interface Factory

Marks a method as a factory method for a given type. A factory method is called whenever a new instance of a given type is requested. The factory method is used with a higher priority than a plain no-arg constructor when present.

Factory methods currently are used to instantiate the following classes:

• Filter; The factory class is to be given via FullTextFilterDef.impl()
• SearchMapping; The factory class is to be registered with the bootstrapping configuration using the Environment.MODEL_MAPPING key

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard