org.exolab.castor.xml
Interface ClassDescriptorResolver

All Known Subinterfaces:

XMLClassDescriptorResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDOClassDescriptorResolverImpl, XMLClassDescriptorResolverImpl

public interface ClassDescriptorResolver

An interface for finding or "resolving" ClassDescriptor classes.
Note: This interface is used by the marshalling Framework for resolving ClassDescriptors for non-primitive types. There are no guarantees that this class will be called for java native classes.

Version:

$Revision: 6027 $ $Date: 2005-02-28 17:41:38 -0700 (Mon, 28 Feb 2005) $

Method Summary

MappingLoader	getMappingLoader() Note: This method will be removed soon (kv).
ClassDescriptor	resolve(java.lang.Class type) Returns the ClassDescriptor for the given class
void	setMappingLoader(MappingLoader mappingLoader) Sets the mapping loader for this ClassDescriptorResolver Note: This method will be removed soon (kv).

Method Detail

getMappingLoader

public MappingLoader getMappingLoader()

Note: This method will be removed soon (kv).

resolve

public ClassDescriptor resolve(java.lang.Class type)
                        throws ResolverException

Returns the ClassDescriptor for the given class

Parameters:

type - the Class to find the ClassDescriptor for

Returns:

the ClassDescriptor for the given class

Throws:

ResolverException

setMappingLoader

public void setMappingLoader(MappingLoader mappingLoader)

Sets the mapping loader for this ClassDescriptorResolver
Note: This method will be removed soon (kv).