Class CollectionHandlers


  • public final class CollectionHandlers
    extends java.lang.Object
    Utility class for obtaining collection handlers. Based on the configuration and supported classes it will return collections suitable for Java 1.1 and Java 1.2 run times.
    Version:
    $Revision: 8034 $ $Date: 2005-05-02 14:58:59 -0600 (Mon, 02 May 2005) $
    Author:
    Assaf Arkin
    See Also:
    CollectionHandler
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static java.lang.String getCollectionName​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
      Returns the associated string name for a given collection.
      static java.lang.Class getCollectionType​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns the collection's Java class from the collection name.
      static CollectionHandler getHandler​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
      Returns the collection's handler based on the Java class.
      static boolean hasHandler​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
      Returns true if the given class has an associated CollectionHandler.
      static boolean isGetSetCollection​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
      Returns true if the collection requires get/set methods.
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Constructor Detail

      • CollectionHandlers

        public CollectionHandlers()
    • Method Detail

      • getCollectionType

        public static java.lang.Class getCollectionType​(java.lang.String name)
                                                 throws MappingException
        Returns the collection's Java class from the collection name. The collection name may be a short name (e.g. vector) or the collection Java class name (e.g. java.util.Vector). If the collection is not supported, an exception is thrown.
        Parameters:
        name - The collection name
        Returns:
        The collection Java class
        Throws:
        MappingException - The named collection is not supported
      • hasHandler

        public static boolean hasHandler​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
        Returns true if the given class has an associated CollectionHandler.
        Parameters:
        javaClass - the class to search collection handlers for
        Returns:
        true if the given class has an associated CollectionHandler, otherwise false.
      • getCollectionName

        public static java.lang.String getCollectionName​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
        Returns the associated string name for a given collection.
        Parameters:
        javaClass - the class to search collection handlers for
        Returns:
        the string name for the given collection type or null if no association has been defined.
      • getHandler

        public static CollectionHandler getHandler​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
                                            throws MappingException
        Returns the collection's handler based on the Java class.
        Parameters:
        javaClass - The collection's Java class
        Returns:
        The collection handler
        Throws:
        MappingException - The collection class is not supported
      • isGetSetCollection

        public static boolean isGetSetCollection​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
                                          throws MappingException
        Returns true if the collection requires get/set methods. java.util collections only require a get method, but an array collection required both get and set methods.
        Parameters:
        javaClass - The collection's java class
        Returns:
        True if collection requires get/set methods, false if collection requires only get method
        Throws:
        MappingException - The collection class is not supported