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The core XML data binding framework with support for marshalling Java objects to
and unmarshalling from XML documents.
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package org.exolab.castor.xml;
import org.exolab.castor.mapping.ClassDescriptor;
import org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingLoader;
/**
* An interface for finding or "resolving" ClassDescriptor classes.
*
*
* Note: This interface is used by the marshalling Framework for resolving ClassDescriptors
* for non-primitive types. There are no guarantees that this class will be called for java native
* classes.
*
* @version $Revision$ $Date: 2005-02-28 17:41:38 -0700 (Mon, 28 Feb 2005) $
*/
public interface ClassDescriptorResolver {
/**
* Note: This method will be removed soon (kv).
*/
MappingLoader getMappingLoader();
/**
* Returns the ClassDescriptor for the given class.
*
* @param type the Class to find the ClassDescriptor for
* @return the ClassDescriptor for the given class
*/
ClassDescriptor resolve(Class type) throws ResolverException;
/**
* Sets the mapping loader for this ClassDescriptorResolver. Note: This method will be
* removed soon (kv).
*/
void setMappingLoader(MappingLoader mappingLoader);
}