org.apache.bval

Class MetaBeanBuilder

java.lang.Object

org.apache.bval.MetaBeanBuilder

Direct Known Subclasses:

XMLMetaBeanBuilder

public class MetaBeanBuilder
extends Object

Description: internal implementation class to construct metabeans with factories

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetaBeanBuilder() Create a new MetaBeanBuilder instance.
MetaBeanBuilder(MetaBeanFactory[] factories) Create a new MetaBeanBuilder instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<String,MetaBean>	buildAll() Build beans for all known ids.
MetaBean	buildForClass(Class<?> clazz) Build a MetaBean for the specified class.
MetaBean	buildForId(String beanInfoId) Build a MetaBean for a given id.
protected Class<?>	findLocalClass(String className) Find the named class.
MetaBeanFactory[]	getFactories() Get the configured set of MetaBeanFactory objects.
void	setFactories(MetaBeanFactory[] factories) Set the array of MetaBeanFactory instances with which to enrich MetaBeans.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetaBeanBuilder

public MetaBeanBuilder()

Create a new MetaBeanBuilder instance.

MetaBeanBuilder

public MetaBeanBuilder(MetaBeanFactory[] factories)

Create a new MetaBeanBuilder instance.

Parameters:

factories -

Method Detail

getFactories

public MetaBeanFactory[] getFactories()

Get the configured set of MetaBeanFactory objects.

Returns:

MetaBeanFactory array

setFactories

public void setFactories(MetaBeanFactory[] factories)

Set the array of MetaBeanFactory instances with which to enrich MetaBeans.

Parameters:

factories -

buildForId

public MetaBean buildForId(String beanInfoId)
                    throws Exception

Build a MetaBean for a given id.

Parameters:

beanInfoId -

Returns:

MetaBean

Throws:

Exception - if unable to build

buildAll

public Map<String,MetaBean> buildAll()
                              throws Exception

Build beans for all known ids. Default implementation returns an empty map.

Returns:

Map of String : MetaBean

Throws:

Exception

findLocalClass

protected Class<?> findLocalClass(String className)

Find the named class.

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

Class found or null

buildForClass

public MetaBean buildForClass(Class<?> clazz)
                       throws Exception

Build a MetaBean for the specified class.

Parameters:

clazz -

Returns:

MetaBean

Throws:

Exception