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41 * Copyright 1999 (C) Intalio, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
42 *
43 * This file was originally developed by Keith Visco during the
44 * course of employment at Intalio Inc.
45 * All portions of this file developed by Keith Visco after Jan 19 2005 are
46 * Copyright (C) 2005 Keith Visco. All Rights Reserved.
47 *
48 * $Id$
49 */
50
51
52 package org.exolab.castor.xml;
53
54 import org.exolab.castor.mapping.ClassDescriptor;
55 import org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingLoader;
56
57 /**
58 * An interface for finding or "resolving" ClassDescriptor classes.
59 *
60 * <BR/>
61 * <B>Note:</B>
62 * This interface is used by the marshalling Framework for
63 * resolving ClassDescriptors for non-primitive types.
64 * There are no guarantees that this class will be called for
65 * java native classes.
66 *
67 * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2005-02-28 17:41:38 -0700 (Mon, 28 Feb 2005) $
68 */
69 public interface ClassDescriptorResolver {
70 /**
71 * <B>Note:</B> This method will be removed soon (kv).
72 */
73 MappingLoader getMappingLoader();
74
75 /**
76 * Returns the ClassDescriptor for the given class.
77 *
78 * @param type the Class to find the ClassDescriptor for
79 * @return the ClassDescriptor for the given class
80 */
81 ClassDescriptor resolve(Class<?> type) throws ResolverException;
82
83 /**
84 * Sets the mapping loader for this ClassDescriptorResolver.
85 * <B>Note:</B> This method will be removed soon (kv).
86 */
87 void setMappingLoader(MappingLoader mappingLoader);
88 }