org.castor.mapping
Class MappingLoaderRegistry

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.mapping.MappingLoaderRegistry

public final class MappingLoaderRegistry

extends java.lang.Object

Version:

$Revision: 5951 $ $Date: 2006-04-25 16:09:10 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $

Author:

Werner Guttmann, Ralf Joachim

Constructor Summary

MappingLoaderRegistry(Configuration config)
Creates an instance of this registry, loading the mapping loader factories from the castor.properties file.

Method Summary

void	clear() Deletes all 'cached' mapping loader factories.
MappingLoader	getMappingLoader(java.lang.String sourceType, BindingType bindingType) Returns a mapping loader for the suitable source and binding type.
java.util.Collection	getMappingLoaderFactories() Returns a list of 'cached' mapping loader factories.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MappingLoaderRegistry

public MappingLoaderRegistry(Configuration config)

Creates an instance of this registry, loading the mapping loader factories from the castor.properties file.

Parameters:

config - Configuration.

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()

Deletes all 'cached' mapping loader factories.

getMappingLoader

public MappingLoader getMappingLoader(java.lang.String sourceType,
                                      BindingType bindingType)
                               throws MappingException

Returns a mapping loader for the suitable source and binding type. The engine's specific mapping loader is used to create binding specific descriptors. The mapping loader is cached in memory and returned in subsequent method calls.

Parameters:

sourceType - The type of the mapping source.

bindingType - The binding type to load from mapping.

Returns:

A mapping loader

Throws:

MappingException - A mapping error occured preventing descriptors from being generated from the loaded mapping

getMappingLoaderFactories

public java.util.Collection getMappingLoaderFactories()

Returns a list of 'cached' mapping loader factories.

Returns:

a list of 'cached' mapping loader factories.