org.exolab.castor.persist
Class DatingService

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.persist.DatingService

public class DatingService
extends java.lang.Object

DataService is a helper class for constructing ClassMolders and pairing up ClassMolders which depends and extends the other.

Author:

Thomas Yip

Constructor Summary

DatingService(java.lang.ClassLoader loader)

Method Summary

(package private) void	close() Indicate that all ClassMolder is registered.
(package private) boolean	pairDepends(ClassMolder me, java.lang.String depName) Pair up ClassMolder and it depends class.
(package private) boolean	pairExtends(ClassMolder me, java.lang.String extName) Pair up ClassMolder and it extends class.
(package private) boolean	pairFieldClass(FieldMolder fieldMolder, java.lang.String typeName) Pair the FieldMolder with the ClassMolder of typeName.
(package private) void	register(java.lang.String name, ClassMolder clsMold) Register the name of a ClassMolder which will be pairing up.
(package private) java.lang.Class<?>	resolve(java.lang.String className) Resolve the java.lang.Class of the fully qualified class name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DatingService

DatingService(java.lang.ClassLoader loader)

Method Detail

close

void close()
     throws MappingException

Indicate that all ClassMolder is registered. DatingService will resolve all the outstanding relation now.

Throws:

MappingException

pairExtends

boolean pairExtends(ClassMolder me,
                    java.lang.String extName)
              throws MappingException

Pair up ClassMolder and it extends class.

Returns:

true if they can be paired up immediately.

Throws:

MappingException

pairDepends

boolean pairDepends(ClassMolder me,
                    java.lang.String depName)

Pair up ClassMolder and it depends class.

Returns:

true if they can be paired up immediately.

resolve

java.lang.Class<?> resolve(java.lang.String className)
                     throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Resolve the java.lang.Class of the fully qualified class name.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

pairFieldClass

boolean pairFieldClass(FieldMolder fieldMolder,
                       java.lang.String typeName)
                 throws MappingException

Pair the FieldMolder with the ClassMolder of typeName.

Parameters:

fieldMolder - the fieldMolder to be paired.

typeName - Type of the field which the FieldMolder represents.

Throws:

MappingException - indicates that the pairing failed.

register

void register(java.lang.String name,
              ClassMolder clsMold)

Register the name of a ClassMolder which will be pairing up.