net.sf.jsefa.common.mapping
Class ComplexTypeMapping<N,D extends NodeDescriptor<?>,M extends NodeMapping<N,?>>

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jsefa.common.mapping.TypeMapping<N>
      net.sf.jsefa.common.mapping.ComplexTypeMapping<N,D,M>

Type Parameters:

N - the type of the data type name

D - the type of the node descriptor

M - the type of the node mapping

Direct Known Subclasses:

RbfComplexTypeMapping, XmlComplexTypeMapping

public abstract class ComplexTypeMapping<N,D extends NodeDescriptor<?>,M extends NodeMapping<N,?>>
extends TypeMapping<N>

A mapping between a java object type and a complex data type of the exchange format.

Author:

Norman Lahme-Huetig

See Also:

TypeMapping

Constructor Summary

ComplexTypeMapping(Class<?> objectType, N dataTypeName, Collection<M> nodeMappings, ObjectAccessor objectAccessor, Validator validator)
Constructs a new ComplexTypeMapping.

Method Summary

protected Map<D,M>	createNodeMappingsByNodeDescriptorMap(Collection<M> nodeMappings) Creates a map of node mappings by node descriptors.
List<String>	getFieldNames(NodeType nodeType) Returns the names of all fields which map to a node of the given node type.
<T extends M> T	getNodeMapping(D nodeDescriptor) Returns the node mapping for the given node descriptor.
<T extends M> T	getNodeMapping(String fieldName, Class<?> objectType) Returns the node mapping for the given field name and required object type of the field.
Collection<M>	getNodeMappings()
ObjectAccessor	getObjectAccessor()
Validator	getValidator()

Methods inherited from class net.sf.jsefa.common.mapping.TypeMapping

getDataTypeName, getObjectType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ComplexTypeMapping

public ComplexTypeMapping(Class<?> objectType,
                          N dataTypeName,
                          Collection<M> nodeMappings,
                          ObjectAccessor objectAccessor,
                          Validator validator)

Constructs a new ComplexTypeMapping.

Parameters:

objectType - the object type.

dataTypeName - the data type name.

nodeMappings - the node mappings

objectAccessor - the object accessor

validator - the validator - may be null

Method Detail

getNodeMappings

public final Collection<M> getNodeMappings()

Returns:

the node mappings.

getNodeMapping

public <T extends M> T getNodeMapping(D nodeDescriptor)

Returns the node mapping for the given node descriptor.

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type of the node mapping

Parameters:

nodeDescriptor - the node descriptor

Returns:

the node mapping

getNodeMapping

public <T extends M> T getNodeMapping(String fieldName,
                                      Class<?> objectType)

Returns the node mapping for the given field name and required object type of the field.

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type of the node mapping

Parameters:

fieldName - the field name

objectType - the required object type of the field

Returns:

the node mapping

getFieldNames

public List<String> getFieldNames(NodeType nodeType)

Returns the names of all fields which map to a node of the given node type.

Parameters:

nodeType - the node type

Returns:

the list of fields (the order does matter).

getObjectAccessor

public final ObjectAccessor getObjectAccessor()

Returns:

the object accessor.

getValidator

public final Validator getValidator()

Returns:

the validator - may be null

createNodeMappingsByNodeDescriptorMap

protected Map<D,M> createNodeMappingsByNodeDescriptorMap(Collection<M> nodeMappings)

Creates a map of node mappings by node descriptors.

Parameters:

nodeMappings - the node mappings

Returns:

a map of node mappings by node descriptors