org.exolab.castor.xml

Class XMLMappingLoader

public final class XMLMappingLoader extends AbstractMappingLoader

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

Version: $Revision: 6305 $ $Date: 2006-02-23 01:37:50 -0700 (Thu, 23 Feb 2006) $

Nested Class Summary
class	XMLMappingLoader.IdentityConvertor A special TypeConvertor that simply returns the object given.

Constructor Summary
	XMLMappingLoader(ClassLoader loader) Creates a new XMLMappingLoader

Method Summary
protected ClassDescriptor	createDescriptor(ClassMapping clsMap)
protected FieldDescriptor	createFieldDesc(Class javaClass, FieldMapping fieldMap)
BindingType	getBindingType()
protected TypeInfo	getTypeInfo(Class fieldType, CollectionHandler colHandler, FieldMapping fieldMap)
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).

Constructor Detail

public XMLMappingLoader(ClassLoader loader)

Creates a new XMLMappingLoader

protected ClassDescriptor createDescriptor(ClassMapping clsMap)

protected FieldDescriptor createFieldDesc(Class javaClass, FieldMapping fieldMap)

public BindingType getBindingType()

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

protected void resolveRelations(ClassDescriptor clsDesc)

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