org.eclipse.persistence.oxm
Class XMLBinder

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLBinder

public class XMLBinder
extends java.lang.Object

PUBLIC:

Purpose:Provide a runtime public interface for preserving unmapped content from an XML Document.

Responsibilities:

• Unmarshal XML into JavaObjects and maintain the associations between nodes and objects
• Update the cached XML based on changes to the object
• Update the cached objects based on changes to the XML Document
• Provide API to access the cached Node for a given object
• Provide API to access the cached Object for a given XML Node

The XML Binder is a runtime class that allows an association to be maintained between the original XML Document and the Java Objects built from the Document. It allows unmapped content (such as comments, processing instructions or other unmapped elements and attributes) to be preserved. The XMLBinder is created through an XMLContext.

See Also:

XMLContext

Author:

mmacivor

Constructor Summary

XMLBinder(XMLContext context)

Method Summary

DocumentPreservationPolicy	getDocumentPreservationPolicy() Gets this XMLBinder's document preservation policy.
org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler	getErrorHandler()
XMLMarshaller	getMarshaller()
java.lang.Object	getObject(org.w3c.dom.Node node) Gets the Java Object associated with the provided XML Node.
javax.xml.validation.Schema	getSchema()
org.w3c.dom.Node	getXMLNode(java.lang.Object object) Gets the XML Node associated with the provided object.
void	marshal(java.lang.Object obj, org.w3c.dom.Node node)
void	setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler)
void	setMarshaller(XMLMarshaller marshaller)
void	setSchema(javax.xml.validation.Schema aSchema)
java.lang.Object	unmarshal(org.w3c.dom.Node node) This method will unmarshal the provided node into mapped java objects.
XMLRoot	unmarshal(org.w3c.dom.Node node, java.lang.Class javaClass)
void	updateObject(org.w3c.dom.Node node) Updates the object associated with the provided node to reflect any changed made to that node.
void	updateXML(java.lang.Object obj) This method will update the cached XML node for the provided object.
void	updateXML(java.lang.Object obj, org.w3c.dom.Node associatedNode)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XMLBinder

public XMLBinder(XMLContext context)

Method Detail

unmarshal

public java.lang.Object unmarshal(org.w3c.dom.Node node)

This method will unmarshal the provided node into mapped java objects. The original node will be cached rather than thrown away.

Parameters:

node -

Returns:

The root object unmarshalled from the provided node.

unmarshal

public XMLRoot unmarshal(org.w3c.dom.Node node,
                         java.lang.Class javaClass)

updateXML

public void updateXML(java.lang.Object obj)

This method will update the cached XML node for the provided object. If no node exists for this object, then no operation is performed.

Parameters:

obj -

marshal

public void marshal(java.lang.Object obj,
                    org.w3c.dom.Node node)

updateXML

public void updateXML(java.lang.Object obj,
                      org.w3c.dom.Node associatedNode)

getXMLNode

public org.w3c.dom.Node getXMLNode(java.lang.Object object)

Gets the XML Node associated with the provided object.

Parameters:

object -

Returns:

an XML Node used to construct the given object. Null if no node exists for this object.

getObject

public java.lang.Object getObject(org.w3c.dom.Node node)

Gets the Java Object associated with the provided XML Node.

Parameters:

node -

Returns:

the Java Object associated with this node. If no object is associated then returns null

updateObject

public void updateObject(org.w3c.dom.Node node)

Updates the object associated with the provided node to reflect any changed made to that node. If this Binder has no object associated with the given node, then no operation is performed.

Parameters:

node -

getDocumentPreservationPolicy

public DocumentPreservationPolicy getDocumentPreservationPolicy()

Gets this XMLBinder's document preservation policy.

Returns:

an instance of DocumentPreservationPolicy

See Also:

DocumentPreservationPolicy

getMarshaller

public XMLMarshaller getMarshaller()

setMarshaller

public void setMarshaller(XMLMarshaller marshaller)

setSchema

public void setSchema(javax.xml.validation.Schema aSchema)

getSchema

public javax.xml.validation.Schema getSchema()

setErrorHandler

public void setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler)

getErrorHandler

public org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()