org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy
Class TypeBindingStrategy

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy.TypeBindingStrategy

Direct Known Subclasses:

TypeBindingStrategy.Default

public abstract class TypeBindingStrategy
extends java.lang.Object

Determines the way that a type (of object) should be bound by Betwixt.

Author:

Apache Commons Team, Apache Software Foundation

Nested Class Summary

static class	TypeBindingStrategy.BindingType Enumerates the possible general ways that Betwixt can map a Java type to an XML type.
static class	TypeBindingStrategy.Default The default TypeBindingStrategy used by Betwixt.

Field Summary

static TypeBindingStrategy

DEFAULT The default Betwixt TypeBindingStrategy implementation.

Constructor Summary

TypeBindingStrategy()

Method Summary

abstract TypeBindingStrategy.BindingType

bindingType(java.lang.Class type) Gets the binding type to be used for the given Java type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT

public static final TypeBindingStrategy DEFAULT

The default Betwixt TypeBindingStrategy implementation. Since the default implementation has no state, a singleton instance can be provided.

Constructor Detail

TypeBindingStrategy

public TypeBindingStrategy()

Method Detail

bindingType

public abstract TypeBindingStrategy.BindingType bindingType(java.lang.Class type)

Gets the binding type to be used for the given Java type.

Parameters:

type - Class for which the binding type is to be determined, not null

Returns:

BindingType enumeration indicating the type of binding, not null