Constructor Detail

• MappingTool

  public MappingTool()

  Constructor, builds up the relations.

Method Detail

• main

  public static void main​(java.lang.String[] args)

  Command line method.

  Parameters:

  args - the command line parameters

• addClass

  public void addClass​(java.lang.String name)
                throws MappingException

  Adds the Class, specified by the given name, to the mapping file.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the Class to add

  Throws:

  MappingException - in case that the name is null or the Class can not be loaded

• addClass

  public void addClass​(java.lang.String name,
                       boolean deep)
                throws MappingException

  Adds the Class, specified by the given name, to the mapping file.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the Class to add

  deep - a flag to indicate that recursive processing should take place and all classes used by the given class should also be added to the mapping file. This flag is true by default.

  Throws:

  MappingException - in case that the name is null or the Class can not be loaded

• addClass

  public void addClass​(java.lang.Class cls)
                throws MappingException

  Adds the given Class to the mapping file.

  Parameters:

  cls - the Class to add

  Throws:

  MappingException - in case that the name is null or the Class can not be loaded

• addClass

  public void addClass​(java.lang.Class cls,
                       boolean deep)
                throws MappingException

  Adds the given Class to the mapping file. If the deep flag is true, all mappings for Classes used by the given Class will also be added to the mapping file.

  Parameters:

  cls - the Class to add

  deep - a flag to indicate that recursive processing should take place and all classes used by the given class should also be added to the mapping file. This flag is true by default.

  Throws:

  MappingException - in case that the name is null or the Class can not be loaded

• setForceIntrospection

  public void setForceIntrospection​(boolean force)

  Enables or disables the forcing of introspection when a ClassDescriptor already exists. This is false by default.

  Parameters:

  force - when true will cause the MappingTool to always use introspection regardless of whether or not a ClassDescriptor exists for a given Class.

• write

  public void write​(java.io.Writer writer)
             throws MappingException

  Serializes the mapping to the given writer.

  Parameters:

  writer - the Writer to serialize the mapping to

  Throws:

  MappingException - if writing the mapping information fails

• setInternalContext

  public void setInternalContext​(InternalContext internalContext)

  To set the XMLContext to be used.

  Parameters:

  internalContext - the XMLContext to be used