org.castor.mapping

Class MappingLoaderRegistry

public final class MappingLoaderRegistry extends Object

Version: $Revision: 5951 $ $Date: 2006-04-25 16:09:10 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) $

Author: Werner Guttmann Ralf Joachim

Constructor Summary
MappingLoaderRegistry(Configuration config)
Creates an instance of this registry, loading the mapping loader factories from the castor.properties file.
Method Summary
voidclear()
Deletes all 'cached' mapping loader factories.
MappingLoadergetMappingLoader(String sourceType, BindingType bindingType)
Returns a mapping loader for the suitable source and binding type.
CollectiongetMappingLoaderFactories()
Returns a list of 'cached' mapping loader factories.

Constructor Detail

MappingLoaderRegistry

public MappingLoaderRegistry(Configuration config)
Creates an instance of this registry, loading the mapping loader factories from the castor.properties file.

Parameters: config Configuration.

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()
Deletes all 'cached' mapping loader factories.

getMappingLoader

public MappingLoader getMappingLoader(String sourceType, BindingType bindingType)
Returns a mapping loader for the suitable source and binding type. The engine's specific mapping loader is used to create binding specific descriptors. The mapping loader is cached in memory and returned in subsequent method calls.

Parameters: sourceType The type of the mapping source. bindingType The binding type to load from mapping.

Returns: A mapping loader

Throws: MappingException A mapping error occured preventing descriptors from being generated from the loaded mapping

getMappingLoaderFactories

public Collection getMappingLoaderFactories()
Returns a list of 'cached' mapping loader factories.

Returns: a list of 'cached' mapping loader factories.

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