org.exolab.castor.xml.descriptors

Class DateClassDescriptor

Implemented Interfaces:
ClassDescriptor, XMLClassDescriptor

public class DateClassDescriptor
extends java.lang.Object
implements XMLClassDescriptor

A ClassDescriptor for java.util.Date
Version:
$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ $Date: 2003/03/03 07:09:17 $
Author:
Keith Visco

Constructor Summary

DateClassDescriptor()

Method Summary

boolean
canAccept(String fieldName, Object object)
Returns true if the given object represented by this XMLClassDescriptor can accept a member whose name is given.
AccessMode
getAccessMode()
Returns the access mode specified for this class.
XMLFieldDescriptor[]
getAttributeDescriptors()
Returns the set of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML attributes.
XMLFieldDescriptor
getContentDescriptor()
Returns the XMLFieldDescriptor for the member that should be marshalled as text content.
XMLFieldDescriptor[]
getElementDescriptors()
Returns the set of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML elements.
ClassDescriptor
getExtends()
Returns the class descriptor of the class extended by this class.
XMLFieldDescriptor
getFieldDescriptor(String name, NodeType nodeType)
Returns the XML field descriptor matching the given xml name and nodeType.
FieldDescriptor[]
getFields()
Returns a list of fields represented by this descriptor.
FieldDescriptor
getIdentity()
Returns the identity field, null if this class has no identity.
Class
getJavaClass()
Returns the Java class represented by this descriptor.
String
getNameSpacePrefix()
String
getNameSpaceURI()
TypeValidator
getValidator()
Returns a specific validator for the class described by this ClassDescriptor.
String
getXMLName()
Returns the XML Name for the Class being described.
String
toString()
Returns the String representation of this XMLClassDescriptor

Constructor Details

DateClassDescriptor

public DateClassDescriptor()

Method Details

canAccept

public boolean canAccept(String fieldName,
                         Object object)
Returns true if the given object represented by this XMLClassDescriptor can accept a member whose name is given. An XMLClassDescriptor can accept a field if it contains a descriptor that matches the given name and if the given object can hold this field (i.e a value is not already set for this field).

This is mainly used for container object (that can contains other object), in this particular case the implementation will return null.

Specified by:
canAccept in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Parameters:
fieldName - the name of the field to check
object - the object represented by this XMLCLassDescriptor
Returns:
true if the given object represented by this XMLClassDescriptor can accept a member whose name is given.

getAccessMode

public AccessMode getAccessMode()
Returns the access mode specified for this class.
Specified by:
getAccessMode in interface ClassDescriptor
Returns:
The access mode

getAttributeDescriptors

public XMLFieldDescriptor[] getAttributeDescriptors()
Returns the set of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML attributes.
Specified by:
getAttributeDescriptors in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Returns:
an array of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML attributes.

getContentDescriptor

public XMLFieldDescriptor getContentDescriptor()
Returns the XMLFieldDescriptor for the member that should be marshalled as text content.
Specified by:
getContentDescriptor in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Returns:
the XMLFieldDescriptor for the member that should be marshalled as text content.

getElementDescriptors

public XMLFieldDescriptor[] getElementDescriptors()
Returns the set of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML elements.
Specified by:
getElementDescriptors in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Returns:
an array of XMLFieldDescriptors for all members that should be marshalled as XML elements.

getExtends

public ClassDescriptor getExtends()
Returns the class descriptor of the class extended by this class.
Specified by:
getExtends in interface ClassDescriptor
Returns:
The extended class descriptor

getFieldDescriptor

public XMLFieldDescriptor getFieldDescriptor(String name,
                                             NodeType nodeType)
Returns the XML field descriptor matching the given xml name and nodeType. If NodeType is null, then either an AttributeDescriptor, or ElementDescriptor may be returned. Null is returned if no matching descriptor is available.
Specified by:
getFieldDescriptor in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Parameters:
name - the xml name to match against
Returns:
the matching descriptor, or null if no matching descriptor is available.

getFields

public FieldDescriptor[] getFields()
Returns a list of fields represented by this descriptor.
Specified by:
getFields in interface ClassDescriptor
Returns:
A list of fields

getIdentity

public FieldDescriptor getIdentity()
Returns the identity field, null if this class has no identity.
Specified by:
getIdentity in interface ClassDescriptor
Returns:
The identity field

getJavaClass

public Class getJavaClass()
Returns the Java class represented by this descriptor.
Specified by:
getJavaClass in interface ClassDescriptor
Returns:
The Java class

getNameSpacePrefix

public String getNameSpacePrefix()
Specified by:
getNameSpacePrefix in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Returns:
the namespace prefix to use when marshalling as XML.

getNameSpaceURI

public String getNameSpaceURI()
Specified by:
getNameSpaceURI in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Returns:
the namespace URI used when marshalling and unmarshalling as XML.

getValidator

public TypeValidator getValidator()
Returns a specific validator for the class described by this ClassDescriptor. A null value may be returned if no specific validator exists.
Specified by:
getValidator in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Returns:
the type validator for the class described by this ClassDescriptor.

getXMLName

public String getXMLName()
Returns the XML Name for the Class being described.
Specified by:
getXMLName in interface XMLClassDescriptor
Returns:
the XML name.

toString

public String toString()
Returns the String representation of this XMLClassDescriptor
Returns:
the String representation of this XMLClassDescriptor

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