org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy
Class ClassNormalizer

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

ListedClassNormalizer

public class ClassNormalizer
extends java.lang.Object

Class normalization strategy.

The normalized Class is the Class that Betwixt should introspect. This strategy class allows the introspected Class to be varied. This implementation simply returns the Class given.

Used by Betwixt to allow superclasses or interfaces to be subsittuted before an object is introspected. This allows users to feed in logical interfaces and make Betwixt ignore properties other than those in the interface. It also allows support for Proxy's. Together, these features allow Betwixt to deal with Entity Beans properly by viewing them through their remote interfaces.

Since:

0.5

Author:

Robert Burrell Donkin

Constructor Summary

ClassNormalizer()

Method Summary

java.lang.Class	getNormalizedClass(java.lang.Object object) Gets the normalized class for the given Object.
java.lang.Class	normalize(java.lang.Class clazz) Normalize given class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassNormalizer

public ClassNormalizer()

Method Detail

getNormalizedClass

public java.lang.Class getNormalizedClass(java.lang.Object object)

Gets the normalized class for the given Object. The normalized Class is the Class that Betwixt should introspect. This strategy class allows the introspected Class to be varied.

Parameters:

object - the Object for which the normalized Class is to be returned.

Returns:

the normalized Class

normalize

public java.lang.Class normalize(java.lang.Class clazz)

Normalize given class. The normalized Class is the Class that Betwixt should introspect. This strategy class allows the introspected Class to be varied.

Parameters:

clazz - the class to normalize, not null

Returns:

this implementation the same clazz, subclasses may return any compatible class.