org.castor.xml.JavaNaming Maven / Gradle / Ivy
Go to download
The core XML data binding framework with support for marshalling Java objects to
and unmarshalling from XML documents.
/*
* Copyright 2007 Joachim Grueneis
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.castor.xml;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* JavaNaming is a service which collects all methods that are related to
* create (modify) Java names. E.g. convert from XML name to Java name,
* get a Java member name or such. These rules can be exchanged by a different
* implementation to get a different naming style for e.g. JAXB.
*
* @author Joachim Grueneis
* @version $Id: JavaNaming.java 7390 2008-01-25 15:59:42Z jgrueneis $
*/
public interface JavaNaming {
/** Add methods start with: add. */
public static final String METHOD_PREFIX_ADD = "add";
/** Get methods start with: get. */
public static final String METHOD_PREFIX_GET = "get";
/** Is methods start with: is. */
public static final String METHOD_PREFIX_IS = "is";
/** Set methods start with: set. */
public static final String METHOD_PREFIX_SET = "set";
/** Create methods start with: create. */
public static final String METHOD_PREFIX_CREATE = "create";
/** The underscore field prefix. */
public static final char FIELD_UNDERSCORE_PREFIX = '_';
/**
* Returns true if the given String is a Java keyword which will cause a
* problem when used as a variable name.
*
* @param name The name to check.
* @return true if it is a keyword.
*/
boolean isKeyword(String name);
/**
* Returns true if the given String matches the production of a valid Java
* identifier.
*
* @param string The String to check the production of.
* @return true if the given String matches the production of a valid Java
* name, otherwise false.
*/
boolean isValidJavaIdentifier(String string);
/**
* Cuts away a leading namespace prefix (if there is one in place).
*
* @param name The XML name to convert to a Java name.
* @return A name which follows Java naming conventions.
*/
String toJavaClassName(String name);
/**
* Appends a leading '_' and converts the given name to a java name.
*
* @param name the XML name to convert.
* @return A Java member name starting with a leading '_'.
*/
String toJavaMemberName(String name);
/**
* Appends a leading '_' and converts the given name to a java name.
*
* @param name The XML name to convert.
* @param useKeywordSubstitutions Set to true to turn on keyword substitution.
* @return A Java member name starting with a leading '_'.
*/
String toJavaMemberName(String name, boolean useKeywordSubstitutions);
/**
* Checks if the given package name is valid or not. Empty package names
* are considered valid!
*
* @param packageName Name of package as String with periods.
* @return true if package name is valid.
*/
boolean isValidPackageName(String packageName);
/**
* Converts the given Package name to it's corresponding Path. The path will
* be a relative path.
*
* @param packageName The package name to convert.
* @return A String containing the resulting patch.
*/
String packageToPath(String packageName);
/**
* Qualifies the given fileName with the given
* packageName and returns the resulting file path.
* If packageName is null or a zero-length
* String, this method will return fileName.
*
* @param fileName The file name to be qualified.
* @param packageName The package name to be used for qualifying.
* @return The qualified file path.
*/
String getQualifiedFileName(String fileName, String packageName);
/**
* Gets the class name without package part.
*
* @param clazz The class to retrieve the name from
* @return the class name without package part or null
*/
String getClassName(Class clazz);
/**
* Gets the package name of the given class name.
*
* @param className The class name to retrieve the package name from.
* @return The package name or the empty String if className
* is null or does not contain a package.
*/
String getPackageName(String className);
/**
* Extracts the filed name part from the methods name. Mostly it cuts
* away the method prefix.
*
* @param method The Method to process.
* @return The extracted field name.
*/
String extractFieldNameFromMethod(Method method);
/**
* Extracts the field name part from the Field. Mostly it cuts away
* prefixes like '_'.
*
* @param field the Field to process
* @return The extracted field name.
*/
String extractFieldNameFromField(Field field);
/**
* Checks if the given method is a set method.
*
* @param method The Method to check
* @return true if it is a set method
*/
boolean isSetMethod(Method method);
/**
* Checks if the given method is a create method.
*
* @param method The Method to check.
* @return true if it is a create method.
*/
boolean isCreateMethod(Method method);
/**
* Checks if the given method is a get method.
*
* @param method The Method to check.
* @return true if it is a get method.
*/
boolean isGetMethod(Method method);
/**
* Checks if the given method is an is method.
*
* @param method The Method to check.
* @return true if it is an is method.
*/
boolean isIsMethod(Method method);
/**
* Checks if the given method is an add method.
*
* @param method The Method to check.
* @return true if it is an add method.
*/
boolean isAddMethod(Method method);
/**
* Generates the name of an add method for the given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field name to generate a method name for.
* @return The generated add method name.
*/
String getAddMethodNameForField(String fieldName);
/**
* Generates the name of a set method for the given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field name to generate a method name for.
* @return The generated set method name.
*/
String getSetMethodNameForField(String fieldName);
/**
* Generates the name of a get method for the given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field name to generate a method name for.
* @return The generated get method name.
*/
String getGetMethodNameForField(String fieldName);
/**
* Generates the name of an is method for the given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field name to generate a method name for.
* @return The generated is method name.
*/
String getIsMethodNameForField(String fieldName);
/**
* Generates the name of a create method for the given field name.
*
* @param fieldName The field name to generate a method name for.
* @return The generated create method name.
*/
String getCreateMethodNameForField(String fieldName);
}