com.sun.enterprise.deployment.node

Class DescriptorFactory

java.lang.Object

com.sun.enterprise.deployment.node.DescriptorFactory

public class DescriptorFactory
extends Object

This class is responsible for instantiating Descriptor classes

Version:

Author:

Jerome Dochez

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	DescriptorFactory() This is a factory object no need for DescriptorFactory instance

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object	getDescriptor(String xmlPath)
static Class	getDescriptorClass(String xmlPath)
static void	register(XMLElement xmlPath, Class clazz) register a new descriptor class handling a particular XPATH in the DTD.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DescriptorFactory

protected DescriptorFactory()

This is a factory object no need for DescriptorFactory instance

Method Detail

register

public static void register(XMLElement xmlPath,
                            Class clazz)

register a new descriptor class handling a particular XPATH in the DTD.

Parameters:

xmlPath - absolute or relative XPath

clazz - the descriptor class to use

getDescriptorClass

public static Class getDescriptorClass(String xmlPath)

Returns:

the descriptor tag for a particular XPath

getDescriptor

public static Object getDescriptor(String xmlPath)

Returns:

a new instance of a registered descriptor class for the supplied XPath