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4 *
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19 *
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21 *
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30 *
31 * Copyright 1999 (C) Intalio, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
32 *
33 * This file was originally developed by Keith Visco during the course of employment at Intalio Inc.
34 * All portions of this file developed by Keith Visco after Jan 19 2005 are Copyright (C) 2005 Keith
35 * Visco. All Rights Reserved.
36 *
37 * $Id$
38 */
39
40
41 package org.exolab.castor.xml;
42
43 import org.exolab.castor.mapping.ClassDescriptor;
44 import org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingLoader;
45
46 /**
47 * An interface for finding or "resolving" ClassDescriptor classes.
48 *
49 * <BR/>
50 * <B>Note:</B> This interface is used by the marshalling Framework for resolving ClassDescriptors
51 * for non-primitive types. There are no guarantees that this class will be called for java native
52 * classes.
53 *
54 * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2005-02-28 17:41:38 -0700 (Mon, 28 Feb 2005) $
55 */
56 public interface ClassDescriptorResolver {
57 /**
58 * <B>Note:</B> This method will be removed soon (kv).
59 */
60 MappingLoader getMappingLoader();
61
62 /**
63 * Returns the ClassDescriptor for the given class.
64 *
65 * @param type the Class to find the ClassDescriptor for
66 * @return the ClassDescriptor for the given class
67 */
68 ClassDescriptor resolve(Class<?> type) throws ResolverException;
69
70 /**
71 * Sets the mapping loader for this ClassDescriptorResolver. <B>Note:</B> This method will be
72 * removed soon (kv).
73 */
74 void setMappingLoader(MappingLoader mappingLoader);
75 }