org.castor.mapping

Class MappingLoaderRegistry


public final class MappingLoaderRegistry
extends java.lang.Object

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

void
clear()
Deletes all 'cached' mapping loader factories.
MappingLoader
getMappingLoader(String sourceType, BindingType bindingType)
Returns a mapping loader for the suitable source and binding type.
Collection
getMappingLoaderFactories()
Returns a list of 'cached' mapping loader factories.

Constructor Details

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 Details

clear

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

getMappingLoader

public MappingLoader getMappingLoader(String sourceType,
                                      BindingType bindingType)
            throws MappingException
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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