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author | rsivaram <rsivaram@13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68> | 2008-10-16 11:51:49 +0000 |
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committer | rsivaram <rsivaram@13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68> | 2008-10-16 11:51:49 +0000 |
commit | b771a05508db61cb1748d2fed0eb92daf173ff92 (patch) | |
tree | 4c7f9ca916e029f8ee4ddf65e263c1960e863879 /sandbox/event/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/DataBinding.java | |
parent | 10682087657ed4bae47b1f59f51e5be669b44d7a (diff) |
Copy modules for event prototype
git-svn-id: http://svn.us.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany@705212 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/sandbox/event/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/DataBinding.java b/sandbox/event/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/DataBinding.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7c4ed35eb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/sandbox/event/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/DataBinding.java @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + * software distributed under the License is distributed on an + * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + * specific language governing permissions and limitations + * under the License. + */ + +package org.apache.tuscany.sca.databinding; + + +import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.DataType; +import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.Operation; + +/** + * DataBinding represents a data representation, for example, SDO, JAXB and AXIOM + * + * @version $Rev$ $Date$ + */ +public interface DataBinding { + /** + * A special databinding for input message of an operation + */ + String IDL_INPUT = "idl:input"; + /** + * A special databinding for output message of an operation + */ + String IDL_OUTPUT = "idl:output"; + /** + * A special databinding for fault message of an operation + */ + String IDL_FAULT = "idl:fault"; + /** + * The name of a databinding should be case-insensitive and unique + * + * @return The name of the databinding + */ + String getName(); + + /** + * Introspect and populate information to a DataType model + * + * @param dataType The data type to be introspected + * @param operation The operation + * @return true if the databinding has recognized the given data type + */ + boolean introspect(DataType dataType, Operation operation); + + /** + * Introspect the data to figure out the corresponding data type + * + * @param value The object to be checked + * @param operation The operation + * @return The DataType or null if the java type is not supported by this databinding + */ + DataType introspect(Object value, Operation operation); + + /** + * Provide a WrapperHandler for this databinding + * @return A wrapper handler which can handle wrapping/wrapping for this databinding + */ + WrapperHandler getWrapperHandler(); + + /** + * Make a copy of the object for "pass-by-value" semantics. + * + * @param object source object to copy + * @param dataType The data type + * @param operation The operation + * @return copy of the object passed in as argument + */ + Object copy(Object object, DataType dataType, Operation operation); + + /** + * Get the XML type helper for Java types + * @return The databinding-specific XML type helper class + */ + XMLTypeHelper getXMLTypeHelper(); + +} |