org.objectweb.jorm.metainfo.api
Interface MappingFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

RDBMappingFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicFileMappingFactory, BasicMemoryMappingFactory, BasicFosMappingFactory, BasicFosMappingFactory, BasicMemoryMappingFactory

public interface MappingFactory

A MappingFactory is an object able to create (return) MetaObject which are objects able to map other objects.

Author:

X. Spengler

Method Summary

ClassMapping	createClassMapping(java.lang.String mapperName, java.lang.String mappingName, MetaObject parent) Creates a ClassMapping object from the current factory.
ValueMapping	createValueMapping(java.lang.String mapperName, java.lang.String mappingName, MetaObject parent) Creates a ValueMapping object from the current factory.
void	init() Initializes the current factory.

Method Detail

createValueMapping

public ValueMapping createValueMapping(java.lang.String mapperName,
                                       java.lang.String mappingName,
                                       MetaObject parent)

Creates a ValueMapping object from the current factory. This object is created with a mapper name, a mapping name and its futur parent.

Parameters:

mapperName - the name of the mapper

mappingName - the name of the mapping

Returns:

a ValueMapping object

createClassMapping

public ClassMapping createClassMapping(java.lang.String mapperName,
                                       java.lang.String mappingName,
                                       MetaObject parent)

Creates a ClassMapping object from the current factory. This object is created with a mapper name, a mapping name and its futur parent.

Parameters:

mapperName - the name of the mapper

mappingName - the name of the mapping

Returns:

a ClassMapping object

init

public void init()

Initializes the current factory.