From 70e5fe9d71697e7b33b0ed1a95efa29ad4ed7b62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrik Tolf <fredrik@dolda2000.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:39:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added ability to implicitly cast instances from the Loader.

---
 src/dolda/jglob/Loader.java | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dolda/jglob/Loader.java b/src/dolda/jglob/Loader.java
index 528c3fb..82a47b5 100644
--- a/src/dolda/jglob/Loader.java
+++ b/src/dolda/jglob/Loader.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import java.lang.annotation.*;
 public class Loader {
     private final Class<? extends Annotation> an;
     private final ClassLoader cl;
-    private final Map<Class<?>, Object> instances = new HashMap<Class<?>, Object>();
 
     private Loader(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation, ClassLoader loader) {
 	this.an = annotation;
@@ -113,21 +112,21 @@ public class Loader {
 	    });
     }
 
-    public Iterable<?> instances() {
-	return(new Iterable<Object>() {
-		public Iterator<Object> iterator() {
-		    return(new Iterator<Object>() {
+    public <T> Iterable<T> instances(final Class<T> cast) {
+	return(new Iterable<T>() {
+		public Iterator<T> iterator() {
+		    return(new Iterator<T>() {
 			    private final Iterator<Class<?>> classes = classes().iterator();
-			    private Object n = null;
+			    private T n = null;
 
 			    public boolean hasNext() {
 				while(n == null) {
 				    if(!classes.hasNext())
 					return(false);
 				    Class<?> cl = classes.next();
-				    Object inst;
+				    T inst;
 				    try {
-					inst = cl.newInstance();
+					inst = cast.cast(cl.newInstance());
 				    } catch(InstantiationException e) {
 					throw(new GlobInstantiationException(e));
 				    } catch(IllegalAccessException e) {
@@ -138,10 +137,10 @@ public class Loader {
 				return(true);
 			    }
 
-			    public Object next() {
+			    public T next() {
 				if(!hasNext())
 				    throw(new NoSuchElementException());
-				Object r = n;
+				T r = n;
 				n = null;
 				return(r);
 			    }
@@ -152,6 +151,10 @@ public class Loader {
 	    });
     }
 
+    public Iterable<?> instances() {
+	return(instances(Object.class));
+    }
+
     public static Loader get(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation, ClassLoader loader) {
 	return(new Loader(annotation, loader));
     }
-- 
2.11.0