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diff --git a/sca-java-1.x/tags/1.2.1/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/DataBinding.java b/sca-java-1.x/tags/1.2.1/modules/databinding/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/databinding/DataBinding.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b8089dc529 --- /dev/null +++ b/sca-java-1.x/tags/1.2.1/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 java.lang.annotation.Annotation; + +import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.DataType; + +/** + * DataBinding represents a data representation, for example, SDO, JAXB and AXIOM + */ +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(); + + /** + * Get the aliases for the databinding + * + * @return An array of aliases + */ + String[] getAliases(); + + /** + * Introspect and populate information to a DataType model + * + * @param dataType The data type to be introspected + * @param annotations The java annotations + * @return true if the databinding has recognized the given data type + */ + boolean introspect(DataType dataType, Annotation[] annotations); + + /** + * Introspect the data to figure out the corresponding data type + * + * @param value The object to be checked + * @return The DataType or null if the java type is not supported by this databinding + */ + DataType introspect(Object value); + + /** + * 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 source object to copy + * @return copy of the object passed in as argument + */ + Object copy(Object object); + + /** + * Get the type mapper for simple types + * @return The databinding-specific simple type mapper + */ + SimpleTypeMapper getSimpleTypeMapper(); +} |