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org.netbeans.api.mdr
Class JMIMapper

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.api.mdr.JMIMapper

public abstract class JMIMapper
extends Object

JMI mapping utility. Generates JMI interfaces for a given metamodel. Use getDefault() method to obtain the default instance.

Constructor Summary

JMIMapper()


Method Summary

abstract void generate(JMIStreamFactory sf, javax.jmi.reflect.RefBaseObject object)
          Generates JMI interfaces for the specified object and the objects contained in it.

static JMIMapper getDefault()
          Returns the default JMI mapping utility in the system

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JMIMapper

public JMIMapper()

Method Detail

generate

public abstract void generate(JMIStreamFactory sf,
                              javax.jmi.reflect.RefBaseObject object)
                       throws IOException

Generates JMI interfaces for the specified object and the objects contained in it.

Parameters:

sf - Implementation of JMIStreamFactory interface.

object - Top-level object for interface generation. There are two possible kinds of objects that can be passed:

RefObject (instance) - interfaces for this instance together with interfaces for all transitively contained instances are generated.
RefPackage (package extent) - interfaces for all instances contained transitively in this package extent are generated.

Throws:

IOException - I/O error during interfaces generation.

getDefault

public static JMIMapper getDefault()

Returns the default JMI mapping utility in the system

Returns:: default JMI mapping utility