net.sf.jsefa.xml.mapping
Class AttributeMapping

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jsefa.common.mapping.NodeMapping<QName,T>
      net.sf.jsefa.xml.mapping.XmlNodeMapping<AttributeDescriptor>
          net.sf.jsefa.xml.mapping.AttributeMapping

public final class AttributeMapping
extends XmlNodeMapping<AttributeDescriptor>

A mapping between an XML attribute node and a java object. This mapping is used for serialization and deserialization.

Instances of this class are immutable and thread safe.

Author:

Norman Lahme-Huetig

Constructor Summary

AttributeMapping(QName dataTypeName, AttributeDescriptor attributeDescriptor, Class<?> objectType, FieldDescriptor fieldDescriptor, Validator validator)
Constructs a new AttributeMapping for the given data type name, attribute descriptor and field descriptor.

Method Summary

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

getDataTypeName, getFieldDescriptor, getNodeDescriptor, getObjectType, getValidator, isIndirectMapping

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeMapping

public AttributeMapping(QName dataTypeName,
                        AttributeDescriptor attributeDescriptor,
                        Class<?> objectType,
                        FieldDescriptor fieldDescriptor,
                        Validator validator)

Constructs a new AttributeMapping for the given data type name, attribute descriptor and field descriptor.

Parameters:

dataTypeName - the name of the data type.

attributeDescriptor - the descriptor of the attribute node

objectType - the type of the object. May be different from the object type contained in the field descriptor.

fieldDescriptor - the descriptor of the field

validator - the validator; may be null