org.x2jb.bind.spi.handler
Interface ElementHandler

public interface ElementHandler

Users that wish to write their own X2JB Element Handler have to implement this interface.

Each attribute handler implementation:

• have to provide default accessible constructor.
• should be stateless
• throw unchecked BindingException on failures

Author:

Richard Opalka

See Also:

AttributeHandler, BindingException

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	bind(org.w3c.dom.Element element, java.lang.Class<?> clazz) Processes the XML element and returns the object wrapping its content.
java.lang.Object	getDefault(java.lang.String defaultValue, java.lang.Class<?> clazz) Returns default value associated with clazz type.

Method Detail

bind

java.lang.Object bind(org.w3c.dom.Element element,
                      java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

Processes the XML element and returns the object wrapping its content.

Parameters:

element - XML element to be wrapped

clazz - class type which instance to return

Returns:

object wrapping XML element

getDefault

java.lang.Object getDefault(java.lang.String defaultValue,
                            java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

Returns default value associated with clazz type.

Parameters:

defaultValue - default value (can be null)

clazz - class type which default instance have to be returned

Returns:

object representing default value of class clazz