Package org.oddjob.arooa

Interface ArooaDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

BeanDescriptorProvider, NamespaceMappings, PrefixMapping, UriMapping

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArooaDescriptorDescriptor, BaseArooaDescriptor, ClassesOnlyDescriptor, EmptyDescriptor, LinkedDescriptor, ListDescriptor, StandardArooaDescriptor

public interface ArooaDescriptor
extends BeanDescriptorProvider, NamespaceMappings

An ArooaDescriptor describes how an invalid input: 'should process an {@link ArooaConfiguration}. @author Rob Gordon'

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassResolver	getClassResolver()	Provide a ClassResolver.
ConversionProvider	getConvertletProvider()	Provide type conversions.
ElementMappings	getElementMappings()	Provide element to class name mappings for components.
String	getPrefixFor(URI namespace)	Provide the default prefix for a URI.

Methods inherited from interface org.oddjob.arooa.deploy.BeanDescriptorProvider

getBeanDescriptor

Methods inherited from interface org.oddjob.arooa.parsing.NamespaceMappings

getPrefixes

Methods inherited from interface org.oddjob.arooa.parsing.PrefixMapping

elementFor, getUriFor, qTagFor

Methods inherited from interface org.oddjob.arooa.parsing.UriMapping

getQName

Method Details

getConvertletProvider

ConversionProvider getConvertletProvider()

Provide type conversions.

Returns:

A ConvertletProvider. May be null.

getElementMappings

ElementMappings getElementMappings()

Provide element to class name mappings for components.

Returns:

ElementMappings. Must not be null.

getPrefixFor

String getPrefixFor(URI namespace)

Provide the default prefix for a URI. This is required when building an ArooaConfiguration using a ArooaDesigner so that the correct XML namespace mappings can defined.

Specified by:

getPrefixFor in interface UriMapping

Parameters:

namespace - The namespace.

Returns:

The prefix.

getClassResolver

ClassResolver getClassResolver()

Provide a ClassResolver. The resolver will typically be able to resolve classes returned from the ElementMappings provided by this descriptor.

Returns:

A ClassResolver. Must not be null.