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* Copyright 1999 (C) Intalio, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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* This file was originally developed by Keith Visco during the
* course of employment at Intalio Inc.
* All portions of this file developed by Keith Visco after Jan 19 2005 are
* Copyright (C) 2005 Keith Visco. All Rights Reserved.
*
* $Id$
*/
package org.exolab.castor.xml;
import org.exolab.castor.mapping.ClassDescriptor;
import org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingLoader;
/**
* An interface for finding or "resolving" ClassDescriptor classes.
*
* <BR/>
* <B>Note:</B>
* This interface is used by the marshalling Framework for
* resolving ClassDescriptors for non-primitive types.
* There are no guarantees that this class will be called for
* java native classes.
*
* @version $Revision$ $Date: 2005-02-28 17:41:38 -0700 (Mon, 28 Feb 2005) $
*/
public interface ClassDescriptorResolver {
/**
* <B>Note:</B> This method will be removed soon (kv).
*/
MappingLoader getMappingLoader();
/**
* Returns the ClassDescriptor for the given class.
*
* @param type the Class to find the ClassDescriptor for
* @return the ClassDescriptor for the given class
*/
ClassDescriptor resolve(Class<?> type) throws ResolverException;
/**
* Sets the mapping loader for this ClassDescriptorResolver.
* <B>Note:</B> This method will be removed soon (kv).
*/
void setMappingLoader(MappingLoader mappingLoader);
}