Class BindingLoader

java.lang.Object
org.exolab.castor.builder.binding.BindingLoader

public final class BindingLoader extends Object
This class is responsible for loading a binding document into an in-memory representation that is meant to be used by the SourceGenerator.
Version:
$Revision: 7996 $ $Date: 2005-03-05 06:42:06 -0700 (Sat, 05 Mar 2005) $
Author:
Arnaud Blandin
  • Constructor Details

    • BindingLoader

      public BindingLoader()
      No-arg constructor.
  • Method Details

    • loadBinding

      public void loadBinding(String url) throws BindingException
      Loads the binding file from the URL given, and populates the ExtendedBinding instance from the values given.
      Parameters:
      url - The URL for the binding file to process.
      Throws:
      BindingException - If the binding file cannnot be processed properly.
    • loadBinding

      public void loadBinding(InputSource source) throws BindingException
      Loads a Binding Document. This method will load the binding document into a binding object and load all the included bindings along the way into a single collection.
      Parameters:
      source - The binding document to load.
      Throws:
      BindingException - thrown when an error occurred during the unmarshalling.
    • getBinding

      public ExtendedBinding getBinding()
      Returns the binding loaded by the BindingLoader.
      Returns:
      the binding loaded by this BindingLoader. This will return null if no call to loadBinding has been previously made.
    • setBaseURL

      public void setBaseURL(String url)
      Sets the base URL for the binding and related files. If the base URL is known, files can be included using relative names. Any URL can be passed, if the URL can serve as a base URL it will be used.
      Parameters:
      url - The base URL
    • createBinding

      public static ExtendedBinding createBinding(InputSource source) throws BindingException
      Factory method that returns a binding given an InputSource. The InputSource identifies a Binding Document meant to be loaded.
      Parameters:
      source - the InputSource identifying the binding document to be loaded.
      Returns:
      a binding that contains the different component bindings to be used in the source generator.
      Throws:
      BindingException - thrown when the given InputSource doesn't refer to a valid Binding document.
    • createBinding

      public static ExtendedBinding createBinding(String fileName) throws BindingException
      Factory method for unmarshalling an ExtendedBinding instance from the binding file as identified by the given file name.
      Parameters:
      fileName - Binding file name.
      Returns:
      An ExtendedBinding instance populated from the given binding file (name).
      Throws:
      BindingException - If the binding file cannot be processed properly.