com.thoughtworks.proxy.factory

Interface Summary
Interface Description

InvokerReference
Interface to access the Invoker of the proxy.

Interface Summary
Interface	Description
InvokerReference	Interface to access the `Invoker` of the proxy.

Class Summary
Class	Description
AbstractProxyFactory	An abstract implementation of a ProxyFactory.
AbstractProxyFactory.CoincidentalInvocationHandlerAdapter	Generic implementation of a invocation handler with a JDK compatible method and signature.
CglibProxyFactory	A `ProxyFactory` based on CGLIB.
CglibProxyFactory.CGLIBInvocationHandlerAdapter	The native invocation handler.
CglibProxyFactory.ForeignPackageNamingPolicy
StandardProxyFactory	A `ProxyFactory` based on a JDK.
StandardProxyFactory.StandardInvocationHandlerAdapter	The native InvocationHandler implementation.

Package com.thoughtworks.proxy.factory Description

Different implementations of the ProxyFactory interface.

Currently are two implementations supported. One based on the JDK's reflection API and the other one on the CGLIB library.

The usage of a special ProxyFactory is simple and easy:

ProxyFactory factory = new StandardProxyFactory();
List<String> proxy = factory.createProxy(new SimpleInvoker(new ArrayList<String>()), List.class);
proxy.add("Hello World");
System.out.println("Size of list: " + proxy.size());
System.out.println("First element of list: " + proxy.get(0));

The example creates a proxy that implements the List interface. The proxy is backed up by a instance of an ArrayList. The proxy ensures in this example, that the instance cannot just be casted to access the specific methods of the ArrayList like ArrayList.ensureCapacity(int). Compare with the JDK's reflection API, there is not a real difference.