org.exolab.castor.xml.util

Interface ResolverPackageCommand

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractResolverPackageCommand, ByCDR, ByPackageMapping

public interface ResolverPackageCommand

A command used by a resolver strategy to get class descriptors for a package. The number of class descriptors returned will vary between zero and many... Commands are planned to be something like a service which might get invoked multiple times in parallel. So no resolve specific states are allowed to be stored in the class state!

Since:

1.2

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Joachim Grueneis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map	resolve(String packageName, Map p) The one and only purpose resolver commands are good for ;-) .

Method Detail

resolve

Map resolve(String packageName,
            Map p)
     throws ResolverException

The one and only purpose resolver commands are good for ;-) . Resolving the package giving and returning (a maybe empty) list of descriptors found. The descriptors are put into a Map of String (className) and Class (descriptor class).

Parameters:

packageName - the name of the package to resolve

p - the Properties to be used at resolve

Returns:

a Map of className and XMLClassDescriptor

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if package name is null or empty

ResolverException - in case that resolving fails fatally