net.sf.omap
Class AbstractMappingExpert

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.omap.AbstractMappingExpert

All Implemented Interfaces:

MappingExpert

Direct Known Subclasses:

ObjectToObjectMappingExpert, ObjectToXMLMappingExpert

public abstract class AbstractMappingExpert

extends java.lang.Object

implements MappingExpert

Constructor Summary

AbstractMappingExpert()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	map(java.lang.String category, java.lang.Object o) Maps the given object using the registered mapper for the object's class in the given category If the given category doesn't contain a mapper for the object's class, tries to find one in the default category.
void	register(java.lang.Class type, ObjectMapper mapper) Registers the mapper for the given class (type) in the default mapper category.
void	register(java.lang.String definition) Registers all the mappers defined by the given definition in the default mapper category
void	register(java.lang.String category, java.lang.Class type, ObjectMapper mapper) Registers the mapper for the given class (type) in the given mapper category.
void	register(java.lang.String category, java.lang.String definition) Registers the mappers define by the given definition in the given category
void	setMapperCreator(MapperCreator creator)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.omap.MappingExpert

map, register, register

Constructor Detail

AbstractMappingExpert

public AbstractMappingExpert()

Method Detail

setMapperCreator

public void setMapperCreator(MapperCreator creator)

register

public void register(java.lang.String definition)

Description copied from interface: MappingExpert

Registers all the mappers defined by the given definition in the default mapper category

Specified by:

register in interface MappingExpert

Parameters:

definition - the mappers definition

register

public void register(java.lang.Class type,
                     ObjectMapper mapper)

Description copied from interface: MappingExpert

Registers the mapper for the given class (type) in the default mapper category.

Specified by:

register in interface MappingExpert

Parameters:

type - the class to register with the mapper

mapper - the mapper to register

register

public void register(java.lang.String category,
                     java.lang.String definition)

Description copied from interface: MappingExpert

Registers the mappers define by the given definition in the given category

Specified by:

register in interface MappingExpert

Parameters:

category - the category in which to register the mapper

definition - the mapper definition

register

public void register(java.lang.String category,
                     java.lang.Class type,
                     ObjectMapper mapper)

Description copied from interface: MappingExpert

Registers the mapper for the given class (type) in the given mapper category.

Specified by:

register in interface MappingExpert

Parameters:

category - the category in which to register the mapper

type - the class to register with the mapper

mapper - the mapper to register

map

public java.lang.Object map(java.lang.String category,
                            java.lang.Object o)

Description copied from interface: MappingExpert

Maps the given object using the registered mapper for the object's class in the given category

If the given category doesn't contain a mapper for the object's class, tries to find one in the default category. If no default mapper is found the returned value depends on the expert implementation (could be null, an empty string, etc.)

Specified by:

map in interface MappingExpert

Parameters:

category - the category in which to search for the registered mapper

o - the object to map

Returns:

the mapped object