org.exolab.castor.xml.handlers

Class DefaultFieldHandlerFactory

java.lang.Object

org.exolab.castor.mapping.FieldHandlerFactory

org.exolab.castor.xml.handlers.DefaultFieldHandlerFactory

public class DefaultFieldHandlerFactory
extends FieldHandlerFactory

The default FieldHandlerFactory implementation. Used by the Introspector. This implementation only supports java.sql.Time and java.sql.Timestamp.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date: 2004-04-08 22:44:47 -0600 (Thu, 08 Apr 2004) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultFieldHandlerFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
GeneralizedFieldHandler	createFieldHandler(Class type) Creates a GeneralizedFieldHandler for the given class type.
Class[]	getSupportedTypes() Returns an array of the supported Class types for this FieldHandlerFactory.
boolean	isSupportedType(Class type) Returns true if the given Class type is supported by this FieldHandlerFactory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultFieldHandlerFactory

public DefaultFieldHandlerFactory()

Method Detail

getSupportedTypes

public Class[] getSupportedTypes()

Returns an array of the supported Class types for this FieldHandlerFactory. The array may be empty, but must not be null.

Specified by:

getSupportedTypes in class FieldHandlerFactory

Returns:

an array of supported Class types.

isSupportedType

public boolean isSupportedType(Class type)

Returns true if the given Class type is supported by this FieldHandlerFactory. If the type is supported, a call to createFieldHandler(java.lang.Class) will return a valid FieldHandler. If the type is not supported, a call to createFieldHandler may return null or throw a MappingException.

Specified by:

isSupportedType in class FieldHandlerFactory

Parameters:

type - the Class type to determine support for.

Returns:

true if the given Class type is supported.

createFieldHandler

public GeneralizedFieldHandler createFieldHandler(Class type)
                                           throws MappingException

Creates a GeneralizedFieldHandler for the given class type. The method should return a new GeneralizedFieldHandler as an "underlying" FieldHandler will need to be set by the caller.

Specified by:

createFieldHandler in class FieldHandlerFactory

Parameters:

type - the Class type to create the FieldHandler for.

Returns:

a new FieldHandler

Throws:

MappingException - if a valueOf method cannot be found.