org.exolab.castor.xml
Class XMLMappingLoader

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.AbstractMappingLoader2
      org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.AbstractMappingLoader
          org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLMappingLoader

All Implemented Interfaces:

MappingLoader

public final class XMLMappingLoader
extends AbstractMappingLoader

An XML implementation of mapping helper. Creates XML class descriptors from the mapping file.

Version:

$Revision: 8152 $ $Date: 2006-02-23 01:37:50 -0700 (Thu, 23 Feb 2006) $

Author:

Keith Visco, Assaf Arkin

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.AbstractMappingLoader

AbstractMappingLoader.TypeInfoReference

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.AbstractMappingLoader

NAME

Constructor Summary

XMLMappingLoader(ClassLoader loader)
Creates a new XMLMappingLoader.

Method Summary

protected ClassDescriptor	createClassDescriptor(ClassMapping classMapping) To create the class descriptor for the given class mapping.
protected FieldDescriptorImpl	createFieldDesc(Class javaClass, FieldMapping fieldMap) Creates a single field descriptor.
protected FieldDescriptor	findIdentityByName(List fldList, String idName, Class javaClass)
BindingType	getBindingType()
protected TypeInfo	getTypeInfo(Class fieldType, CollectionHandler colHandler, FieldMapping fieldMap)
void	loadMapping(MappingRoot mapping, Object param) Loads the mapping from the specified mapping object if not loaded previously.
protected void	resolveRelations(ClassDescriptor clsDesc)
void	setLoadPackageMappings(boolean loadPackageMappings) Sets whether or not to look for and load package specific mapping files (".castor.xml" files).

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

checkFieldNameDuplicates, createClassDescriptors, createFieldDescriptors, createFieldHandler, createFieldHandlers, divideFieldDescriptors, findAccessor, getDepended, getExtended, getIdColumnIndex, getIdentityColumnNames, getInternalContext, getOrigin, getSourceType, isPrimitive, resolveType, setInternalContext

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.AbstractMappingLoader2

addDescriptor, clear, getClassLoader, getDescriptor, getDescriptors, isAllowRedefinition, loadMapping, setAllowRedefinitions, setClassLoader

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLMappingLoader

public XMLMappingLoader(ClassLoader loader)

Creates a new XMLMappingLoader. Joachim 2007-08-19: called via ClassLoader from XMLMappingLoaderFactory.getMappingLoader() must not be modified!!!

Parameters:

loader - the class loader to use

Method Detail

getBindingType

public BindingType getBindingType()

loadMapping

public void loadMapping(MappingRoot mapping,
                        Object param)
                 throws MappingException

Loads the mapping from the specified mapping object if not loaded previously.

Specified by:

loadMapping in class AbstractMappingLoader

Parameters:

mapping - The mapping information.

param - Arbitrary parameter that can be used by subclasses.

Throws:

MappingException - The mapping file is invalid.

createClassDescriptor

protected ClassDescriptor createClassDescriptor(ClassMapping classMapping)
                                         throws MappingException

To create the class descriptor for the given class mapping. Throws IllegalStateException if the class has no valid internal context.

Specified by:

createClassDescriptor in class AbstractMappingLoader

Parameters:

classMapping - the class mapping information to process

Returns:

the ClassDescriptor created for the class mapping

Throws:

MappingException - ...

findIdentityByName

protected final FieldDescriptor findIdentityByName(List fldList,
                                                   String idName,
                                                   Class javaClass)

resolveRelations

protected final void resolveRelations(ClassDescriptor clsDesc)

Specified by:

resolveRelations in class AbstractMappingLoader

createFieldDesc

protected FieldDescriptorImpl createFieldDesc(Class javaClass,
                                              FieldMapping fieldMap)
                                       throws MappingException

Description copied from class: AbstractMappingLoader

Creates a single field descriptor. The field mapping is used to create a new stock FieldDescriptor. Implementations may extend this class to create a more suitable descriptor.

Overrides:

createFieldDesc in class AbstractMappingLoader

Parameters:

javaClass - The class to which the field belongs.

fieldMap - The field mapping information.

Returns:

The field descriptor.

Throws:

MappingException - The field or its accessor methods are not found, not accessible, not of the specified type, etc.

setLoadPackageMappings

public void setLoadPackageMappings(boolean loadPackageMappings)

Sets whether or not to look for and load package specific mapping files (".castor.xml" files).

Parameters:

loadPackageMappings - a boolean that enables or disables the loading of package specific mapping files

getTypeInfo

protected TypeInfo getTypeInfo(Class fieldType,
                               CollectionHandler colHandler,
                               FieldMapping fieldMap)
                        throws MappingException

Overrides:

getTypeInfo in class AbstractMappingLoader

Throws:

MappingException