com.sun.enterprise.deployment.node
Class DescriptorFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.enterprise.deployment.node.DescriptorFactory

public class DescriptorFactory
extends java.lang.Object

This class is responsible for instanciating Descriptor classes

Version:

Author:

Jerome Dochez

Constructor Summary

protected

DescriptorFactory() This is a factory object no need for DescriptorFactory instance

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	getDescriptor(java.lang.String xmlPath)
static java.lang.Class	getDescriptorClass(java.lang.String xmlPath)
static void	register(XMLElement xmlPath, java.lang.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,
                            java.lang.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 java.lang.Class getDescriptorClass(java.lang.String xmlPath)

Returns:

the descriptor tag for a particular XPath

getDescriptor

public static java.lang.Object getDescriptor(java.lang.String xmlPath)

Returns:

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