org.exolab.castor.mapping
Class ExtendedFieldHandler

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.FieldHandlerFriend
      org.exolab.castor.mapping.ExtendedFieldHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

FieldHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractFieldHandler

public abstract class ExtendedFieldHandler
extends FieldHandlerFriend

An extended version of the FieldHandler interface which is used for adding additional functionality while preserving backward compatibility.

Version:

$Revision: 8776 $ $Date: 2005-08-03 15:11:51 -0600 (Wed, 03 Aug 2005) $

Author:

Keith Visco

See Also:

FieldDescriptor, FieldHandler

Constructor Summary

ExtendedFieldHandler()

Method Summary

void	checkValidity(Object object) Deprecated. No longer supported
abstract Object	newInstance(Object parent, Object[] args) Creates a new instance of the object described by this field.

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.FieldHandlerFriend

getFieldDescriptor, getValue, newInstance, resetValue, setFieldDescriptor, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExtendedFieldHandler

public ExtendedFieldHandler()

Method Detail

checkValidity

public void checkValidity(Object object)
                   throws ValidityException,
                          IllegalStateException

Deprecated. No longer supported

Specified by:

checkValidity in interface FieldHandler

Specified by:

checkValidity in class FieldHandlerFriend

Throws:

ValidityException

IllegalStateException

newInstance

public abstract Object newInstance(Object parent,
                                   Object[] args)
                            throws IllegalStateException

Creates a new instance of the object described by this field.

Parameters:

parent - The object for which the field is created

args - the set of constructor arguments

Returns:

A new instance of the field's value

Throws:

IllegalStateException - This field is a simple type and cannot be instantiated