org.apache.jackrabbit.ocm.mapper.impl.annotation
Class AnnotationDescriptorReader

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jackrabbit.ocm.mapper.impl.annotation.AnnotationDescriptorReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

DescriptorReader

public class AnnotationDescriptorReader
extends java.lang.Object
implements DescriptorReader

Helper class that reads the xml mapping file and load all class descriptors into memory (object graph)

Author:

Lombart Christophe , : Boni Gopalan

Constructor Summary

AnnotationDescriptorReader(java.util.List<java.lang.Class> annotatedClassNames)

Method Summary

MappingDescriptor

loadClassDescriptors() Load all class descriptors found in an classdescriptor definition.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationDescriptorReader

public AnnotationDescriptorReader(java.util.List<java.lang.Class> annotatedClassNames)

Method Detail

loadClassDescriptors

public MappingDescriptor loadClassDescriptors()

Description copied from interface: DescriptorReader

Load all class descriptors found in an classdescriptor definition. A classdescriptor definition can be a xml config file or annotations or another kind of resource which contain the classdescriptors DescriptorReader is an abstraction used to maximize reusability in AbstractMapperImpl

Specified by:

loadClassDescriptors in interface DescriptorReader

Returns:

a MappingDescriptor wich will contains a collection of classdescriptors