Inheritance diagram for org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLClassDescriptor:

Public Member Functions
XMLFieldDescriptor[]	getAttributeDescriptors ()
XMLFieldDescriptor	getContentDescriptor ()
XMLFieldDescriptor[]	getElementDescriptors ()
XMLFieldDescriptor	getFieldDescriptor (String name, String namespace, NodeType nodeType)
String	getNameSpacePrefix ()
String	getNameSpaceURI ()
TypeValidator	getValidator ()
String	getXMLName ()
boolean	canAccept (String name, String namespace, Object object)

Detailed Description

A class descriptor for describing relationships between a Class and an XML element or complexType. This class implements org.exolab.castor.mapping.ClassDescriptor, yet adds extra methods for handling XML. All fields are of type XMLFieldDescriptor.

Author:: Keith Visco

Version:

Revision:: 1.2

Date:: 2004/12/17 05:42:04

Member Function Documentation

boolean org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLClassDescriptor.canAccept	(	String	name,
		String	namespace,
		Object	object
	)

Returns true if the given object, represented by this XMLClassDescriptor, can accept a value for the member associated with the given xml name and namespace.

An XMLClassDescriptor can accept a value for a field if it contains a descriptor that matches the given xml name and namespace and if the given object can hold this field (i.e a value is not already set for this field).

Parameters:

	name	the xml name of the field to check
	namespace	the namespace uri
	object	the object instance represented by this XMLCLassDescriptor

Returns:: true if the given object represented by this XMLClassDescriptor can accept a member whose name is given.

Referenced by org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalFramework.InternalXMLClassDescriptor.canAccept().

XMLFieldDescriptor [] org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLClassDescriptor.getAttributeDescriptors ( )

Returns the set of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML attributes. This includes namespace nodes.

Returns:: an array of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML attributes.

Referenced by org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLMappingLoader.createDescriptor(), org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalFramework.InternalXMLClassDescriptor.getAttributeDescriptors(), and org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalFramework.hasFieldsAtLocation().

XMLFieldDescriptor org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLClassDescriptor.getContentDescriptor ( )

Returns the XMLFieldDescriptor for the member that should be marshalled as text content.

Returns:: the XMLFieldDescriptor for the member that should be marshalled as text content.

Referenced by org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLMappingLoader.createDescriptor(), org.exolab.castor.xml.UnmarshalHandler.endElement(), org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalFramework.InternalXMLClassDescriptor.getContentDescriptor(), and org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalFramework.hasFieldsAtLocation().

XMLFieldDescriptor [] org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLClassDescriptor.getElementDescriptors ( )

Returns the set of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML elements.

Returns:: an array of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML elements.

Referenced by org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLMappingLoader.createDescriptor(), org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalFramework.InternalXMLClassDescriptor.getElementDescriptors(), org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalFramework.hasFieldsAtLocation(), org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalFramework.searchInheritance(), and org.exolab.castor.xml.util.XMLClassDescriptorImpl.validate().

XMLFieldDescriptor org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLClassDescriptor.getFieldDescriptor	(	String	name,
		String	namespace,
		NodeType	nodeType
	)

Returns the XML field descriptor matching the given xml name, namespace, and nodeType. If NodeType is null, then either an AttributeDescriptor, or ElementDescriptor may be returned. Null is returned if no matching descriptor is available.

Parameters: