1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006 Werner Guttmann
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
5 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
6 *
7 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
8 *
9 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
10 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
11 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
12 * the License.
13 */
14 package org.exolab.castor.builder.types;
15
16
17 /**
18 * Helper class to facilitate creation of XML schema collection types.
19 *
20 * @author <a href="mailto:werner DOT guttmann AT gmx DOT net">Werner Guttmann</a>
21 * @since 1.1
22 *
23 */
24 public final class XSCollectionFactory {
25
26 /**
27 * A private constructor as this is a factory which is never meant to be instantiated.
28 */
29 private XSCollectionFactory() {
30 super();
31 }
32
33 /**
34 * Factory method to create an XS collection type, i.e. an instance of {@link XSListType}.
35 *
36 * @param collectionName The name of the Java collection type,e.g. 'java.util.Collection'
37 * @param contentType the content type of the collection, ie. the type of objects that the
38 * collection will contain
39 * @param useJava50 true if source code is supposed to be generated for Java 5
40 * @return An {@link XSListType} instance.
41 * @see XSListType
42 */
43 public static XSListType createCollection(final String collectionName, final XSType contentType,
44 final boolean useJava50) {
45 XSListType collection = null;
46 if (contentType instanceof XSIdRef) {
47 collection = new XSIdRefs(collectionName, useJava50);
48 } else if (contentType instanceof XSNMToken) {
49 collection = new XSNMTokens(collectionName, useJava50);
50 } else {
51 collection = new XSList(collectionName, contentType, useJava50);
52 }
53 return collection;
54 }
55 }