/*
 *    GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
 *    http://geotools.org
 *
 *    (C) 2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
 *
 *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *    License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *    version 2.1 of the License.
 *
 *    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 */
package org.geotools.xml;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EFactory;
import org.geotools.xml.impl.InstanceBinding;

/**
 * A binding implementation which parses / encodes objects from an EMF model.
 * <p>
 * This binding implementation uses EMF reflection to implement all methods of 
 * the api. All that is needed is the 'target' of the binding. 
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * These bindings are "instance" bindings in that they are instantiated before
 * the parser is run (see {@link Configuration#registerBindings(java.util.Map)}) 
 * and not at runtime.
 * </p>
 * @author Justin Deoliveira, The Open Planning Project, jdeolive@openplans.org
 *
 * @see Configuration#registerBindings(java.util.Map)
 *
 *
 * @source $URL$
 */
public class ComplexEMFBinding extends AbstractComplexEMFBinding
    implements InstanceBinding {

    /**
     * The name of the element or type of the binding.
     */
    QName target;
    
    /**
     * Creates the binding.
     * 
     * @param factory The factory for the emf model.
     * @param target The qualified name of the type in the emf model that this
     * binding works against. 
     */
    public ComplexEMFBinding( EFactory factory, QName target ) {
        super( factory );
        this.target = target;
    }
    
    /**
     * Creates the binding specifying the type of the object its boiund to.
     * <p>
     * The type is specified in cases where it can not be inferred from the 
     * qname alone. Such cases occur when EMF runs into a name clash.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param factory The factory for the emf model.
     * @param target The qualified name of the type in the emf model that this
     * binding works against. 
     * @param type The type of the object this binding is mapped to.
     */
    public ComplexEMFBinding( EFactory factory, QName target, Class type ) {
        super( factory, type );
        this.target = target;
    }
    
    public QName getTarget() {
        return target;
    }

}