org.opensaml.xml
Class XMLObjectBuilderFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.opensaml.xml.XMLObjectBuilderFactory

public class XMLObjectBuilderFactory
extends Object

A factory for XMLObjectBuilders. XMLObjectBuilders are stored and retrieved by a QName key. This key is either the XML Schema Type or element QName of the XML element the built XMLObject object represents.

Constructor Summary

XMLObjectBuilderFactory()
Constructor.

Method Summary

XMLObjectBuilder	deregisterBuilder(QName builderKey) Deregisters a builder.
XMLObjectBuilder	getBuilder(Element domElement) Retrieves the XMLObject builder for the given element.
XMLObjectBuilder	getBuilder(QName key) Retrieves an XMLObjectBuilder using the key it was registered with.
Map<QName,XMLObjectBuilder>	getBuilders() Gets an immutable list of all the builders currently registered.
void	registerBuilder(QName builderKey, XMLObjectBuilder builder) Registers a new builder for the given name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLObjectBuilderFactory

public XMLObjectBuilderFactory()

Constructor.

Method Detail

getBuilder

public XMLObjectBuilder getBuilder(QName key)

Retrieves an XMLObjectBuilder using the key it was registered with.

Parameters:

key - the key used to register the builder

Returns:

the builder

getBuilder

public XMLObjectBuilder getBuilder(Element domElement)

Retrieves the XMLObject builder for the given element. The schema type, if present, is tried first as the key with the element QName used if no schema type is present or does not have a builder registered under it.

Parameters:

domElement - the element to retrieve the builder for

Returns:

the builder for the XMLObject the given element can be unmarshalled into

getBuilders

public Map<QName,XMLObjectBuilder> getBuilders()

Gets an immutable list of all the builders currently registered.

Returns:

list of all the builders currently registered

registerBuilder

public void registerBuilder(QName builderKey,
                            XMLObjectBuilder builder)

Registers a new builder for the given name.

Parameters:

builderKey - the key used to retrieve this builder later

builder - the builder

deregisterBuilder

public XMLObjectBuilder deregisterBuilder(QName builderKey)

Deregisters a builder.

Parameters:

builderKey - the key for the builder to be deregistered

Returns:

the builder that was registered for the given QName