Constructor Detail

• FieldHandlerFactory

  public FieldHandlerFactory()

Method Detail

• getSupportedTypes

  public abstract java.lang.Class[] getSupportedTypes()

  Returns an array of the supported Class types for this FieldHandlerFactory. The array may be empty, but must not be null.

  Returns:

  an array of supported Class types.

• isSupportedType

  public abstract boolean isSupportedType​(java.lang.Class type)

  Returns true if the given Class type is supported by this FieldHandlerFactory. If the type is supported, a call to #createFieldHandler will return a valid FieldHandler. If the type is not supported, a call to createFieldHandler may return null or throw a MappingException.

  Parameters:

  type - the Class type to determine support for.

  Returns:

  true if the given Class type is supported.

• createFieldHandler

  public abstract GeneralizedFieldHandler createFieldHandler​(java.lang.Class type)
                                                      throws MappingException

  Creates a GeneralizedFieldHandler for the given class type. The method should return a new GeneralizedFieldHandler as an "underlying" FieldHandler will need to be set by the caller.

  Parameters:

  type - the Class type to create the FieldHandler for.

  Throws:

  MappingException