Package org.exolab.castor.mapping
Interface MappingLoader
- All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractMappingLoader
,AbstractMappingLoader2
,JDOMappingLoader
,XMLMappingLoader
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: 8689 $ $Date: 2003-03-03 00:05:44 -0700 (Mon, 03 Mar 2003) $
- Author:
- Assaf Arkin
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
clear()
Returns the class loader associated with this mapping loader if one was specified.getDescriptor
(String classname) Returns the ClassDescriptor for the class with the given name.Returns a List ofClassDescriptor
s of all known descriptors.void
setClassLoader
(ClassLoader loader)
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Method Details
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getBindingType
BindingType getBindingType() -
getSourceType
String getSourceType() -
clear
void clear() -
setClassLoader
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getClassLoader
ClassLoader 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.
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getDescriptors
List<ClassDescriptor> getDescriptors()Returns a List ofClassDescriptor
s of all known descriptors.- Returns:
- List of
ClassDescriptor
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