org.castor.mapping
Class AbstractMappingLoaderFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.mapping.AbstractMappingLoaderFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

MappingLoaderFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

JDOMappingLoaderFactory, XMLMappingLoaderFactory

public abstract class AbstractMappingLoaderFactory
extends Object
implements MappingLoaderFactory

Abstract base class for MappingLoaderFactory instances

Author:

me

Field Summary

static org.apache.commons.logging.Log

LOG The Jakarta Commons Logging instance used for all logging.

Constructor Summary

AbstractMappingLoaderFactory()

Method Summary

abstract String	getClassname() To obtain the class name of the MappingLoader to instantiate
MappingLoader	getMappingLoader() Acquires the appropriate org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingLoader with the given properties.
String	getSourceType() Defines the source type of the underlying MappingLoader

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.castor.mapping.MappingLoaderFactory

getBindingType, getName

Field Detail

LOG

public static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log LOG

The Jakarta Commons Logging instance used for all logging.

Constructor Detail

AbstractMappingLoaderFactory

public AbstractMappingLoaderFactory()

Method Detail

getSourceType

public final String getSourceType()

Description copied from interface: MappingLoaderFactory

Defines the source type of the underlying MappingLoader

Specified by:

getSourceType in interface MappingLoaderFactory

Returns:

The source type.

See Also:

MappingLoaderFactory.getSourceType()

getClassname

public abstract String getClassname()

To obtain the class name of the MappingLoader to instantiate

Returns:

The class name of the MappingLoader to instantiate

getMappingLoader

public final MappingLoader getMappingLoader()
                                     throws MappingException

Description copied from interface: MappingLoaderFactory

Acquires the appropriate org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingLoader with the given properties.

Specified by:

getMappingLoader in interface MappingLoaderFactory

Returns:

The transaction manager.

Throws:

MappingException - If any failure occured when loading the MappingLoader.

See Also:

MappingLoaderFactory.getMappingLoader()