Constructor Detail

• CollectionHandlers

  public CollectionHandlers()

Method Detail

• getCollectionType

  public static java.lang.Class getCollectionType​(java.lang.String name)
                                           throws MappingException

  Returns the collection's Java class from the collection name. The collection name may be a short name (e.g. vector) or the collection Java class name (e.g. java.util.Vector). If the collection is not supported, an exception is thrown.

  Parameters:

  name - The collection name

  Returns:

  The collection Java class

  Throws:

  MappingException - The named collection is not supported

• hasHandler

  public static boolean hasHandler​(java.lang.Class javaClass)

  Returns true if the given class has an associated CollectionHandler.

  Parameters:

  javaClass - the class to search collection handlers for

  Returns:

  true if the given class has an associated CollectionHandler, otherwise false.

• getCollectionName

  public static java.lang.String getCollectionName​(java.lang.Class javaClass)

  Returns the associated string name for a given collection.

  Parameters:

  javaClass - the class to search collection handlers for

  Returns:

  the string name for the given collection type or null if no association has been defined.

• getHandler

  public static CollectionHandler getHandler​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
                                      throws MappingException

  Returns the collection's handler based on the Java class.

  Parameters:

  javaClass - The collection's Java class

  Returns:

  The collection handler

  Throws:

  MappingException - The collection class is not supported

• isGetSetCollection

  public static boolean isGetSetCollection​(java.lang.Class javaClass)
                                    throws MappingException

  Returns true if the collection requires get/set methods. java.util collections only require a get method, but an array collection required both get and set methods.

  Parameters:

  javaClass - The collection's java class

  Returns:

  True if collection requires get/set methods, false if collection requires only get method

  Throws:

  MappingException - The collection class is not supported