org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader
Class CollectionHandlers

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.CollectionHandlers

public final class CollectionHandlers
extends Object

Utility class for obtaining collection handlers. Based on the configuration and supported classes it will return collections suitable for Java 1.1 and Java 1.2 run times.

Version:

$Revision: 8034 $ $Date: 2005-05-02 14:58:59 -0600 (Mon, 02 May 2005) $

Author:

Assaf Arkin

See Also:

CollectionHandler

Constructor Summary

CollectionHandlers()

Method Summary

static String	getCollectionName(Class javaClass) Returns the associated string name for a given collection.
static Class	getCollectionType(String name) Returns the collection's Java class from the collection name.
static CollectionHandler	getHandler(Class javaClass) Returns the collection's handler based on the Java class.
static boolean	hasHandler(Class javaClass) Returns true if the given class has an associated CollectionHandler.
static boolean	isGetSetCollection(Class javaClass) Returns true if the collection requires get/set methods.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CollectionHandlers

public CollectionHandlers()

Method Detail

getCollectionType

public static Class getCollectionType(String name)
                               throws MappingException

Returns the collection's Java class from the collection name. The collection name may be a short name (e.g. vector) or the collection Java class name (e.g. java.util.Vector). If the collection is not supported, an exception is thrown.

Parameters:

name - The collection name

Returns:

The collection Java class

Throws:

MappingException - The named collection is not supported

hasHandler

public static boolean hasHandler(Class javaClass)

Returns true if the given class has an associated CollectionHandler.

Parameters:

javaClass - the class to search collection handlers for

Returns:

true if the given class has an associated CollectionHandler, otherwise false.

getCollectionName

public static String getCollectionName(Class javaClass)

Returns the associated string name for a given collection.

Parameters:

javaClass - the class to search collection handlers for

Returns:

the string name for the given collection type or null if no association has been defined.

getHandler

public static CollectionHandler getHandler(Class javaClass)
                                    throws MappingException

Returns the collection's handler based on the Java class.

Parameters:

javaClass - The collection's Java class

Returns:

The collection handler

Throws:

MappingException - The collection class is not supported

isGetSetCollection

public static boolean isGetSetCollection(Class javaClass)
                                  throws MappingException

Returns true if the collection requires get/set methods. java.util collections only require a get method, but an array collection required both get and set methods.

Parameters:

javaClass - The collection's java class

Returns:

True if collection requires get/set methods, false if collection requires only get method

Throws:

MappingException - The collection class is not supported