ojb.broker.metadata
Class DescriptorRepository

java.lang.Object
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  +--ojb.broker.metadata.DescriptorRepository

public class DescriptorRepository

extends java.lang.Object

The repository containing all mapping information of the PersistenceBroker. The data is stored in a xml file "repository.xml" in the directory of the main class.

Author:

Thomas Mahler

Constructor Summary

(package private)

DescriptorRepository() Constructor declaration

Method Summary

JdbcConnectionDescriptor	getDefaultJdbcConnection() Method declaration
ClassDescriptor	getDescriptorFor(java.lang.Class c) lookup a ClassDescriptor in the internal Hashtable
java.lang.Class	getExtentClass(java.lang.Class clazz)
static DescriptorRepository	getInstance() returns the singleton instance
static DescriptorRepository	getInstance(java.lang.String repositoryFileName)
java.util.Iterator	iterator()
void	put(java.lang.Class c, ClassDescriptor cld) Add a ClassDescriptor to the internal Hashtable Set the Repository for ClassDescriptor
void	setDefaultJdbcConnection(JdbcConnectionDescriptor jcd) Method declaration
static void	setRepositoryPath(java.lang.String pathToRepository) set the path to the xml repository
java.lang.String	toString() returns a string representation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DescriptorRepository

DescriptorRepository()
               throws PersistenceBrokerException

Constructor declaration

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DescriptorRepository getInstance()
                                        throws MetadataException

returns the singleton instance

Returns:

DescriptorRepository the singleton instance

Throws:

MetadataException

setRepositoryPath

public static void setRepositoryPath(java.lang.String pathToRepository)

set the path to the xml repository

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

returns a string representation

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

setDefaultJdbcConnection

public void setDefaultJdbcConnection(JdbcConnectionDescriptor jcd)

Method declaration

Parameters:

jcd -

getDefaultJdbcConnection

public JdbcConnectionDescriptor getDefaultJdbcConnection()

Method declaration

Returns:

put

public void put(java.lang.Class c,
                ClassDescriptor cld)

Add a ClassDescriptor to the internal Hashtable
Set the Repository for ClassDescriptor

getDescriptorFor

public ClassDescriptor getDescriptorFor(java.lang.Class c)
                                 throws ClassNotPersistenceCapableException

lookup a ClassDescriptor in the internal Hashtable

ClassNotPersistenceCapableException

getExtentClass

public java.lang.Class getExtentClass(java.lang.Class clazz)

getInstance

public static DescriptorRepository getInstance(java.lang.String repositoryFileName)
                                        throws MetadataException

Parameters:

repositoryFileName -

Returns:

the DescriptorRepository instance

Throws:

MetadataException

iterator

public java.util.Iterator iterator()