1 package org.exolab.castor.xml;
2
3 import org.castor.mapping.BindingType;
4 import org.exolab.castor.xml.util.XMLClassDescriptorResolverImpl;
5 import org.exolab.castor.xml.util.resolvers.CastorXMLStrategy;
6
7 /**
8 * A factory that - based upon the binding type specified - returns {@link ClassDescriptorResolver}
9 * instances.
10 *
11 * @author <a href="mailto: wguttmn AT codehaus DOT org">Werner Guttmann</a>
12 *
13 */
14 public class ClassDescriptorResolverFactory {
15
16 /**
17 * Returns the matching {@link ClassDescriptorResolver} instance.
18 *
19 * @param type A binding type.
20 * @return A {@link ClassDescriptorResolver} instance.
21 */
22 public static ClassDescriptorResolver createClassDescriptorResolver(final BindingType type) {
23 if (type == BindingType.XML) {
24 XMLClassDescriptorResolver resolver = new XMLClassDescriptorResolverImpl();
25 // for cases in which users really work with the factory only and not
26 // with any kind of InternalContext...
27 resolver.setResolverStrategy(new CastorXMLStrategy());
28 return resolver;
29 }
30 // TODO: throw IllegalArgumentException instead ?
31 return null;
32 }
33 }