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/*
* ElementArrayLabel.java July 2006
*
* Copyright (C) 2006, Niall Gallagher
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
* Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package org.simpleframework.xml.core;
import org.simpleframework.xml.ElementArray;
import org.simpleframework.xml.stream.Style;
/**
* The ElementArrayLabel represents a label that is used
* to represent an XML element array in a class schema. This element
* array label can be used to convert an XML node into an array of
* composite or primitive objects. If the array is of primitive types
* then the entry attribute must be specified so that
* the primitive values can be serialized in a structured manner.
*
* @author Niall Gallagher
*
* @see org.simpleframework.xml.ElementArray
*/
class ElementArrayLabel implements Label {
/**
* This is the decorator that is associated with the element.
*/
private Decorator decorator;
/**
* This references the annotation that the field uses.
*/
private ElementArray label;
/**
* This contains the details of the annotated contact object.
*/
private Signature detail;
/**
* This is the type of array this label will represent.
*/
private Class type;
/**
* This is the name of the XML entry from the annotation.
*/
private String entry;
/**
* This is the name of the element for this label instance.
*/
private String name;
/**
* Constructor for the ElementArrayLabel object. This
* creates a label object, which can be used to convert an element
* node to an array of XML serializable objects.
*
* @param contact this is the contact that this label represents
* @param label the annotation that contains the schema details
*/
public ElementArrayLabel(Contact contact, ElementArray label) {
this.detail = new Signature(contact, this);
this.decorator = new Qualifier(contact);
this.type = contact.getType();
this.entry = label.entry();
this.name = label.name();
this.label = label;
}
/**
* This is used to acquire the Decorator for this.
* A decorator is an object that adds various details to the
* node without changing the overall structure of the node. For
* example comments and namespaces can be added to the node with
* a decorator as they do not affect the deserialization.
*
* @return this returns the decorator associated with this
*/
public Decorator getDecorator() throws Exception {
return decorator;
}
/**
* This will create a Converter for transforming an XML
* element into an array of XML serializable objects. The XML schema
* class for these objects must present the element array annotation.
*
* @param context this is the context object used for serialization
*
* @return this returns the converter for creating a collection
*/
public Converter getConverter(Context context) throws Exception {
String entry = getEntry(context);
if(!type.isArray()) {
throw new InstantiationException("Type is not an array %s for %s", type, label);
}
return getConverter(context, entry);
}
/**
* This will create a Converter for transforming an XML
* element into an array of XML serializable objects. The XML schema
* class for these objects must present the element array annotation.
*
* @param context this is the context object used for serialization
* @param name this is the name of the entry XML element to use
*
* @return this returns the converter for creating a collection
*/
private Converter getConverter(Context context, String name) throws Exception {
Class entry = type.getComponentType();
if(!context.isPrimitive(entry)) {
return new CompositeArray(context, type, entry, name);
}
return new PrimitiveArray(context, type, entry, name);
}
/**
* This is used to either provide the entry value provided within
* the annotation or compute a entry value. If the entry string
* is not provided the the entry value is calculated as the type
* of primitive the object is as a simplified class name.
*
* @param context this is the context used to style the entry
*
* @return this returns the name of the XML entry element used
*/
private String getEntry(Context context) throws Exception {
Style style = context.getStyle();
String entry = getEntry();
return style.getElement(entry);
}
/**
* This is used to acquire the name of the element or attribute
* that is used by the class schema. The name is determined by
* checking for an override within the annotation. If it contains
* a name then that is used, if however the annotation does not
* specify a name the the field or method name is used instead.
*
* @param context this is the context used to style the name
*
* @return returns the name that is used for the XML property
*/
public String getName(Context context) throws Exception{
Style style = context.getStyle();
String name = detail.getName();
return style.getElement(name);
}
/**
* This is used to provide a configured empty value used when the
* annotated value is null. This ensures that XML can be created
* with required details regardless of whether values are null or
* not. It also provides a means for sensible default values.
*
* @param context this is the context object for the serialization
*
* @return this returns the string to use for default values
*/
public Object getEmpty(Context context) throws Exception {
Factory factory = new ArrayFactory(context, type);
if(!label.empty()) {
return factory.getInstance();
}
return null;
}
/**
* This is used to either provide the entry value provided within
* the annotation or compute a entry value. If the entry string
* is not provided the the entry value is calculated as the type
* of primitive the object is as a simplified class name.
*
* @return this returns the name of the XML entry element used
*/
public String getEntry() throws Exception {
if(detail.isEmpty(entry)) {
entry = detail.getEntry();
}
return entry;
}
/**
* This is used to acquire the name of the element or attribute
* that is used by the class schema. The name is determined by
* checking for an override within the annotation. If it contains
* a name then that is used, if however the annotation does not
* specify a name the the field or method name is used instead.
*
* @return returns the name that is used for the XML property
*/
public String getName() throws Exception{
return detail.getName();
}
/**
* This is used to acquire the dependent type for the annotated
* array. This will simply return the type that the array is
* composed to hold. This must be a serializable type, that is,
* a type that is annotated with the Root class.
*
* @return this returns the component type for the array
*/
public Class getDependent() {
return type.getComponentType();
}
/**
* This acts as a convenience method used to determine the type of
* contact this represents. This is used when an object is written
* to XML. It determines whether a class attribute
* is required within the serialized XML element, that is, if the
* class returned by this is different from the actual value of the
* object to be serialized then that type needs to be remembered.
*
* @return this returns the type of the contact class
*/
public Class getType() {
return type;
}
/**
* This is used to acquire the contact object for this label. The
* contact retrieved can be used to set any object or primitive that
* has been deserialized, and can also be used to acquire values to
* be serialized in the case of object persistance. All contacts
* that are retrieved from this method will be accessible.
*
* @return returns the contact that this label is representing
*/
public Contact getContact() {
return detail.getContact();
}
/**
* This is used to acquire the name of the element or attribute
* as taken from the annotation. If the element or attribute
* explicitly specifies a name then that name is used for the
* XML element or attribute used. If however no overriding name
* is provided then the method or field is used for the name.
*
* @return returns the name of the annotation for the contact
*/
public String getOverride() {
return name;
}
/**
* This method is used to determine if the label represents an
* attribute. This is used to style the name so that elements
* are styled as elements and attributes are styled as required.
*
* @return this is used to determine if this is an attribute
*/
public boolean isAttribute() {
return false;
}
/**
* This is used to determine if the label is a collection. If the
* label represents a collection then any original assignment to
* the field or method can be written to without the need to
* create a new collection. This allows obscure collections to be
* used and also allows initial entries to be maintained.
*
* @return true if the label represents a collection value
*/
public boolean isCollection() {
return false;
}
/**
* This is used to determine whether the XML element is required.
* This ensures that if an XML element is missing from a document
* that deserialization can continue. Also, in the process of
* serialization, if a value is null it does not need to be
* written to the resulting XML document.
*
* @return true if the label represents a some required data
*/
public boolean isRequired() {
return label.required();
}
/**
* This is used to determine whether the annotation requires it
* and its children to be written as a CDATA block. This is done
* when a primitive or other such element requires a text value
* and that value needs to be encapsulated within a CDATA block.
*
* @return this returns true if the element requires CDATA
*/
public boolean isData() {
return label.data();
}
/**
* This method is used by the deserialization process to check
* to see if an annotation is inline or not. If an annotation
* represents an inline XML entity then the deserialization
* and serialization process ignores overrides and special
* attributes. By default element arrays are not inline.
*
* @return this always returns false for array labels
*/
public boolean isInline() {
return false;
}
/**
* This is used to describe the annotation and method or field
* that this label represents. This is used to provide error
* messages that can be used to debug issues that occur when
* processing a method. This will provide enough information
* such that the problem can be isolated correctly.
*
* @return this returns a string representation of the label
*/
public String toString() {
return detail.toString();
}
}
