Origin (spring-boot 2.4.1)

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertySourceOrigin, SystemEnvironmentOrigin, TextResourceOrigin
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public interface Origin
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Interface that uniquely represents the origin of an item. For example, an item loaded from a File may have an origin made up of the file name along with line/column numbers.
Implementations must provide sensible hashCode(), equals(...) and #toString() implementations.

Since:

2.0.0

See Also:

OriginProvider, TextResourceOrigin

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static Origin`	`from(java.lang.Object source)` Find the `Origin` that an object originated from.
`default Origin`	`getParent()` Return the parent origin for this instance if there is one.
`static java.util.List<Origin>`	`parentsFrom(java.lang.Object source)` Find the parents of the `Origin` that an object originated from.

- Method Detail
  - getParent
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default Origin getParent()
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    Return the parent origin for this instance if there is one. The parent origin provides the origin of the item that created this one.
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent origin or null
    
    Since:
    
    2.4.0
    
    See Also:
    
    parentsFrom(Object)
  - from
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static Origin from(java.lang.Object source)
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    Find the Origin that an object originated from. Checks if the source object is an Origin or OriginProvider and also searches exception stacks.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source object or null
    
    Returns:
    
    an optional Origin
  - parentsFrom
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static java.util.List<Origin> parentsFrom(java.lang.Object source)
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    Find the parents of the Origin that an object originated from. Checks if the source object is an Origin or OriginProvider and also searches exception stacks. Provides a list of all parents up to root Origin, starting with the most immediate parent.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source object or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of parents or an empty list if the source is null, has no origin, or no parent