ClassDescriptor (Castor JavaDoc)

All Superinterfaces:

NatureExtendable, PropertyHolder

All Known Subinterfaces:

XMLClassDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AutomaticNamingTypeDescriptor, BaseDescriptor, BaseDescriptor, BindingDescriptor, BindingTypeDescriptor, BindXmlAutoNamingTypeDescriptor, BindXmlDescriptor, BindXmlNodeTypeDescriptor, CacheTypeMappingDescriptor, CenturyDescriptor, ClassChoiceDescriptor, ClassDescriptorImpl, ClassMappingAccessTypeDescriptor, ClassMappingDescriptor, ClassTypeDescriptor, ColumnDescriptor, ComponentBindingTypeChoiceDescriptor, ComponentBindingTypeDescriptor, ContainerDescriptor, ContentMemberTypeDescriptor, DateClassDescriptor, DateDescriptor, DateTimeDescriptor, DurationDescriptor, EnumBindingTypeDescriptor, EnumClassNameDescriptor, EnumerationDescriptor, EnumMemberDescriptor, ExcludeDescriptor, ExcludesDescriptor, FieldHandlerDefDescriptor, FieldMappingCollectionTypeDescriptor, FieldMappingDescriptor, FieldTypeCollectionTypeDescriptor, FieldTypeDescriptor, FieldTypeVisibilityTypeDescriptor, ForcesDescriptor, GDayDescriptor, GMonthDayDescriptor, GMonthDescriptor, GYearDescriptor, GYearMonthDescriptor, IncludeDescriptor, IncludeTypeDescriptor, InterfaceDescriptor, IntrospectedXMLClassDescriptor, KeyGeneratorDefDescriptor, LdapDescriptor, ListClassDescriptor, LocaleDescriptor, ManyToManyDescriptor, MappingRootDescriptor, MapToDescriptor, MarshalFramework.InternalXMLClassDescriptor, MonthDescriptor, NamedNativeQueryDescriptor, NamedQueryDescriptor, NamingTypeDescriptor, NamingXMLTypeDescriptor, OneToManyDescriptor, OneToOneDescriptor, PackageTypeChoiceDescriptor, PackageTypeDescriptor, ParamDescriptor, PkTypeDescriptor, PrimaryKeyDescriptor, PrimitivesClassDescriptor, PropertyDescriptor, PropertyTypeDescriptor, QueryHintDescriptor, ReadonlyDirtyTypeDescriptor, RecurringDurationDescriptor, RootArrayDescriptor, SQLDateClassDescriptor, SqlDescriptor, SqlDirtyTypeDescriptor, SQLTimeClassDescriptor, SQLTimestampClassDescriptor, StringClassDescriptor, TableAccessModeTypeDescriptor, TableDescriptor, TimeDescriptor, TimeDurationDescriptor, TimePeriodDescriptor, VectorClassDescriptor, VisibilityTypeDescriptor, XMLClassDescriptorAdapter, XMLClassDescriptorImpl, YearDescriptor
```
public interface ClassDescriptor
extends PropertyHolder
```
Describes the properties of a class and its fields. Implementations will extend this interface to provide additional properties.

Version:

$Revision: 8725 $ $Date: 2003-03-03 00:05:44 -0700 (Mon, 03 Mar 2003) $

Author:

Assaf Arkin

See Also:

FieldDescriptor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ClassDescriptor`	`getExtends()`	Returns the class descriptor of the class extended by this class.
`FieldDescriptor[]`	`getFields()`	Returns a list of fields represented by this descriptor.
`FieldDescriptor`	`getIdentity()`	Returns the identity field, null if this class has no identity.
`java.lang.Class<?>`	`getJavaClass()`	Returns the Java class represented by this descriptor.

Methods inherited from interface org.castor.core.nature.NatureExtendable
addNature, hasNature

Methods inherited from interface org.castor.core.nature.PropertyHolder
getProperty, setProperty

- Method Detail
  - getJavaClass
```
java.lang.Class<?> getJavaClass()
```
    Returns the Java class represented by this descriptor.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Java class
  - getFields
```
FieldDescriptor[] getFields()
```
    Returns a list of fields represented by this descriptor.
    
    Returns:
    
    A list of fields
  - getExtends
```
ClassDescriptor getExtends()
```
    Returns the class descriptor of the class extended by this class.
    
    Returns:
    
    The extended class descriptor
  - getIdentity
```
FieldDescriptor getIdentity()
```
    Returns the identity field, null if this class has no identity.
    
    Returns:
    
    The identity field

Interface ClassDescriptor

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.castor.core.nature.NatureExtendable

Methods inherited from interface org.castor.core.nature.PropertyHolder

Method Detail

getJavaClass

getFields

getExtends

getIdentity