com.arsdigita.persistence.metadata
Class ObjectTypeRegistry

java.lang.Object
  com.arsdigita.persistence.metadata.ObjectTypeRegistry

public class ObjectTypeRegistry

extends Object

Provides a general purpose object type adapter registry, which is aware of the type hierarchy

Author:

Daniel Berrange

See Also:

MetadataProviderRegistry

Constructor Summary

ObjectTypeRegistry()

Method Summary

Object	findAdapter(ObjectType type) Retrieves the best matching adapter for a object type.
Object	findAdapter(String type) Retrieves the best matching adapter for a object type.
Object	getAdapter(ObjectType type) Retrieves the adapter registered against this type, or null if none is registered.
Object	getAdapter(String type) Retrieves the adapter registered against this type, or null if none is registered.
void	registerAdapter(ObjectType type, Object adapter) Registers an adapter for a type
void	registerAdapter(String type, Object adapter) Registers an adapter for a type
void	unregisterAdapter(ObjectType type) Unregisters an adapter for a type
void	unregisterAdapter(String type) Unregisters an adapter for a type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectTypeRegistry

public ObjectTypeRegistry()

Method Detail

registerAdapter

public void registerAdapter(String type,
                            Object adapter)

Registers an adapter for a type

Parameters:

type - the object type name

adapter - the object type adapter

unregisterAdapter

public void unregisterAdapter(String type)

Unregisters an adapter for a type

Parameters:

type - the object type name

registerAdapter

public void registerAdapter(ObjectType type,
                            Object adapter)

Registers an adapter for a type

Parameters:

type - the object type

adapter - the object type adapter

unregisterAdapter

public void unregisterAdapter(ObjectType type)

Unregisters an adapter for a type

Parameters:

type - the object type

getAdapter

public Object getAdapter(String type)

Retrieves the adapter registered against this type, or null if none is registered.

Parameters:

type - the object type name

Returns:

the adapter, or null

getAdapter

public Object getAdapter(ObjectType type)

Retrieves the adapter registered against this type, or null if none is registered.

Parameters:

type - the object type

Returns:

the adapter, or null

findAdapter

public Object findAdapter(String type)

Retrieves the best matching adapter for a object type. Returns the exact match if present, otherwise recurses up the object type hierarchy

Parameters:

type - the object type name

Returns:

the best adapter, or null

findAdapter

public Object findAdapter(ObjectType type)

Retrieves the best matching adapter for a object type. Returns the exact match if present, otherwise recurses up the object type hierarchy

Parameters:

type - the object type

Returns:

the best adapter, or null