MappingLoader (Castor JavaDoc)

Interface MappingLoader

public interface MappingLoader

Provides the mapping descriptor for Java classes. The engines use resolvers to obtain the mapping descriptor for a particular Java class, or to list all the known descriptors. Although the interface is identical, each engine will use a resolver that returns class descriptor suitable for that particular engine. Resolvers are immutable and engines need not cache the returned descriptors.

Version: $Revision: 6055 $ $Date: 2003-03-03 00:05:44 -0700 (Mon, 03 Mar 2003) $

Author: Assaf Arkin

Method Summary
void	clear()
Iterator	descriptorIterator() Returns an iterator over all the known descriptors in the original order they have been added.
BindingType	getBindingType()
ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Returns the class loader associated with this mapping loader if one was specified.
ClassDescriptor	getDescriptor(String classname) Returns the ClassDescriptor for the class with the given name.
String	getSourceType()
void	setClassLoader(ClassLoader loader)

Method Summary

void

clear()

Iterator

descriptorIterator()

Returns an iterator over all the known descriptors in the original order they have been added.

BindingType

getBindingType()

ClassLoader

getClassLoader()

Returns the class loader associated with this mapping loader if one was specified.

ClassDescriptor

getDescriptor(String classname)

Returns the ClassDescriptor for the class with the given name.

String

getSourceType()

void

setClassLoader(ClassLoader loader)

Method Detail

clear

descriptorIterator

Returns an iterator over all the known descriptors in the original order they have been added. Each element is of type ClassDescriptor.

getBindingType

getClassLoader

Returns the class loader associated with this mapping loader if one was specified. This is the class loader used to load all the classes mapped by this mapping loader. May be null if no class loader was specified or in certain JVMs.

getDescriptor

Returns the ClassDescriptor for the class with the given name. If no such ClassDescriptor exists, within the set of mappings for this MappingLoader, null will be returned.

Parameters: classname The className for which to return the associated ClassDescriptor.

Returns: The ClassDescriptor or null if not found.