EclipseLink 2.5.1, build 'v20130918-f2b9fc5' API Reference
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm

Class XMLContext

    • Nested Class Summary

      • Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context

        org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context.ContextState<ABSTRACT_SESSION extends org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.sessions.CoreAbstractSession,DESCRIPTOR extends org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.mappings.Descriptor,PROJECT extends CoreProject,SESSION extends CoreSession,SESSION_EVENT_LISTENER extends CoreSessionEventListener>
    • Field Summary

      • Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context

        contextState
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor and Description
      XMLContext(java.util.Collection projects) 
      XMLContext(java.util.Collection projects, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader) 
      XMLContext(Project project)
      Create a new XMLContext based on the specified project
      XMLContext(Project project, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
      Create a new XMLContext based on the specified Project and ClassLoader.
      XMLContext(Project project, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader, java.util.Collection<SessionEventListener> sessionEventListeners)
      Create a new XMLContext based on the specified Project and ClassLoader.
      XMLContext(Project project, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader, SessionEventListener sessionEventListener)
      Create a new XMLContext based on the specified Project and ClassLoader.
      XMLContext(java.lang.String sessionNames)
      Create a new XMLContext based on the specified session name or list of session names
      XMLContext(java.lang.String sessionNames, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
      Create a new XMLContext based on the specified session name or list of session names
      XMLContext(java.lang.String sessionNames, java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader, java.lang.String xmlResource)
      Create a new XMLContext based on passed in session names, classloader and session meta XML.
      XMLContext(java.lang.String sessionNames, java.lang.String xmlResource)
      Create a new XMLContext based on passed in session names and session meta XML.
    • Method Summary

      Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method and Description
      void addDescriptorByQName(javax.xml.namespace.QName qName, XMLDescriptor descriptor) 
      void addSession(DatabaseSession sessionToAdd)
      INTERNAL: Add and initialize a new session to the list of sessions associated with this XMLContext.
      void applyORMMetadata(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession ormSession)
      ADVANCED: Adjust the OXM metadata to take into account ORM mapping metadata,
      XMLBinder createBinder()
      Create a new XMLBinder
      java.lang.Object createByQualifiedName(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String typeName, boolean isGlobalType)
      Create a new object instance for a given XML namespace and name.
      <T> T createByXPath(java.lang.Object parentObject, java.lang.String xPath, NamespaceResolver namespaceResolver, java.lang.Class<T> returnType)
      Create a new object instance for a given XPath, relative to the parentObject.
      protected XMLField createField(java.lang.String path) 
      XMLMarshaller createMarshaller()
      Create a new XMLMarshaller
      XMLUnmarshaller createUnmarshaller()
      Create a new XMLUnmarshaller
      XMLUnmarshaller createUnmarshaller(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Boolean> parserFeatures)
      Create a new XMLUnmarshaller Map parserFeatures = new HashMap(1); parserFeatures.put("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema/normalized-value", false); XMLUnmarshaller unmarshaller = xmlContext.createUnmarshaller(parserFeatures);
      XMLValidator createValidator()
      Create a new XMLValidator
      XMLDescriptor getDescriptor(javax.xml.namespace.QName qName)
      INTERNAL: Return the XMLDescriptor with the default root mapping matching the QName parameter.
      XMLDescriptor getDescriptor(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathQName xpathQName)
      INTERNAL: Return the XMLDescriptor with the default root mapping matching the QName parameter.
      XMLDescriptor getDescriptorByGlobalType(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment xPathFragment)
      INTERNAL: Return the XMLDescriptor mapped to the global type matching the XPathFragment parameter.
      DocumentPreservationPolicy getDocumentPreservationPolicy(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session)
      INTERNAL: Return the DocumentPreservationPolicy associated with this session
      org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getReadSession(java.lang.Class clazz)
      INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this class.
      org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getReadSession(java.lang.Object object)
      INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this object.
      org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getReadSession(XMLDescriptor xmlDescriptor)
      INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this XMLDescriptor.
      org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getSession(java.lang.Class clazz)
      INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this class.
      DatabaseSession getSession(int index)
      INTERNAL: XMLContext xmlContext = new XMLContext("path0:path1");
      DatabaseSession session = xmlContext.getSession(0); // returns session for path0
      org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getSession(java.lang.Object object)
      INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this object.
      org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getSession(XMLDescriptor xmlDescriptor)
      INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this XMLDescriptor.
      java.util.List getSessions()
      INTERNAL: Return the EclipseLink session used to marshal.
      <T> T getValueByXPath(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String xPath, NamespaceResolver namespaceResolver, java.lang.Class<T> returnType)
      Query the object model based on the corresponding XML document.
      org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLContext.XMLContextState getXMLContextState()
      INTERNAL: Return the XMLContextState that represents the XMLContexts stateful information.
      boolean hasDocumentPreservation()
      INTERNAL: Return true if any session held onto by this context has a document preservation policy that requires unmarshalling from a Node.
      void setupDocumentPreservationPolicy(DatabaseSession session) 
      void setValueByXPath(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String xPath, NamespaceResolver namespaceResolver, java.lang.Object value)
      Set values in the object model based on the corresponding XML document.
      void setXMLContextState(org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLContext.XMLContextState xcs)
      INTERNAL: Set the stateful information for this XMLContext.
      void storeXMLDescriptorByQName(XMLDescriptor xmlDescriptor)
      INTERNAL:
      • Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context

        getSession
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Constructor Detail

      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(java.lang.String sessionNames)
        Create a new XMLContext based on the specified session name or list of session names
        Parameters:
        sessionNames - A single session name or multiple session names separated by a :
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(java.lang.String sessionNames,
                  java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
        Create a new XMLContext based on the specified session name or list of session names
        Parameters:
        sessionNames - A single session name or multiple session names separated by a :
        classLoader - classloader for loading sessions.xml
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(java.lang.String sessionNames,
                  java.lang.String xmlResource)
        Create a new XMLContext based on passed in session names and session meta XML.
        Parameters:
        sessionNames - A single session name or multiple session names separated by a:
        xmlResource - path to XML file containing session meta data to initialize and load sessions.
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(java.lang.String sessionNames,
                  java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader,
                  java.lang.String xmlResource)
        Create a new XMLContext based on passed in session names, classloader and session meta XML.
        Parameters:
        sessionNames - A single session name or multiple session names separated by a :
        classLoader - classloader for loading sessions.xml
        xmlResource - path to XML file containing session meta data to initialize and load sessions.
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(Project project)
        Create a new XMLContext based on the specified project
        Parameters:
        project - An EclipseLink project
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(Project project,
                  java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
        Create a new XMLContext based on the specified Project and ClassLoader.
        Parameters:
        project - An EclipseLink project
        classLoader - The ClassLoader to be used
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(Project project,
                  java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader,
                  SessionEventListener sessionEventListener)
        Create a new XMLContext based on the specified Project and ClassLoader.
        Parameters:
        project - An EclipseLink project
        classLoader - The ClassLoader to be used
        sessionEventListener - If non-null, this listener will be registered with the SessionEventManager
        See Also:
        SessionEventListener, SessionEventManager
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(Project project,
                  java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader,
                  java.util.Collection<SessionEventListener> sessionEventListeners)
        Create a new XMLContext based on the specified Project and ClassLoader.
        Parameters:
        project - An EclipseLink project
        classLoader - The ClassLoader to be used
        sessionEventListeners - If non-null, these listeners will be registered with the SessionEventManager
        See Also:
        SessionEventListener, SessionEventManager
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(java.util.Collection projects)
      • XMLContext

        public XMLContext(java.util.Collection projects,
                  java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
    • Method Detail

      • getXMLContextState

        public org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLContext.XMLContextState getXMLContextState()
        INTERNAL: Return the XMLContextState that represents the XMLContexts stateful information. This method is provided for the benefits of layers that build on top of the core OXM layer such as MOXy's JAXB implementation.
      • setXMLContextState

        public void setXMLContextState(org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLContext.XMLContextState xcs)
        INTERNAL: Set the stateful information for this XMLContext. Once the new state has been set, OXM operations (marshal, unmarshal, etc) will be based on this new state. This method is provided for the benefit of layers that build on top of the core OXM layer such as MOXy's JAXB
      • addSession

        public void addSession(DatabaseSession sessionToAdd)
        INTERNAL: Add and initialize a new session to the list of sessions associated with this XMLContext.
      • createUnmarshaller

        public XMLUnmarshaller createUnmarshaller(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Boolean> parserFeatures)
        Create a new XMLUnmarshaller
         Map parserFeatures = new HashMap(1);
         parserFeatures.put("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema/normalized-value", false);
         XMLUnmarshaller unmarshaller = xmlContext.createUnmarshaller(parserFeatures);
         
        Returns:
        An XMLUnmarshaller based on this XMLContext, the underlying parser will use the passed in parser features.
      • createBinder

        public XMLBinder createBinder()
        Create a new XMLBinder
        Returns:
        an XMLBinder based on this XMLContext
      • createValidator

        public XMLValidator createValidator()
        Create a new XMLValidator
        Returns:
        An XMLValidator based on this XMLContext
      • getReadSession

        public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getReadSession(java.lang.Object object)
        INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this object. Since the object may be mapped by more that one of the projects used to create the XML Context, this method will return the first match. The session will be a unit of work if document preservation is not enabled. This method will typically be used for unmarshalling when a non-shared cache is desired.
      • getReadSession

        public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getReadSession(java.lang.Class clazz)
        INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this class. Since the class may be mapped by more that one of the projects used to create the XML Context, this method will return the first match. The session will be a unit of work if document preservation is not enabled. This method will typically be used for unmarshalling when a non-shared cache is desired.
      • getReadSession

        public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getReadSession(XMLDescriptor xmlDescriptor)
        INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this XMLDescriptor. Since the class may be mapped by more that one of the projects used to create the XML Context, this method will return the first match. The session will be a unit of work if document preservation is not enabled. This method will typically be used for unmarshalling when a non-shared cache is desired.
      • getSessions

        public java.util.List getSessions()
        INTERNAL: Return the EclipseLink session used to marshal.
      • getSession

        public DatabaseSession getSession(int index)
        INTERNAL: XMLContext xmlContext = new XMLContext("path0:path1");
        DatabaseSession session = xmlContext.getSession(0); // returns session for path0
      • getSession

        public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getSession(java.lang.Object object)
        INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this object. Since the object may be mapped by more that one of the projects used to create the XML Context, this method will return the first match.
        Overrides:
        getSession in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context<org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession,XMLDescriptor,XMLField,NamespaceResolver,Project,DatabaseSession,SessionEventListener>
      • getSession

        public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getSession(java.lang.Class clazz)
        INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this class. Since the class may be mapped by more that one of the projects used to create the XML Context, this method will return the first match.
        Overrides:
        getSession in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context<org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession,XMLDescriptor,XMLField,NamespaceResolver,Project,DatabaseSession,SessionEventListener>
      • getSession

        public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession getSession(XMLDescriptor xmlDescriptor)
        INTERNAL: Return the session corresponding to this XMLDescriptor. Since the class may be mapped by more that one of the projects used to create the XML Context, this method will return the first match.
        Overrides:
        getSession in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context<org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession,XMLDescriptor,XMLField,NamespaceResolver,Project,DatabaseSession,SessionEventListener>
      • storeXMLDescriptorByQName

        public void storeXMLDescriptorByQName(XMLDescriptor xmlDescriptor)
        INTERNAL:
      • addDescriptorByQName

        public void addDescriptorByQName(javax.xml.namespace.QName qName,
                                XMLDescriptor descriptor)
      • getDescriptorByGlobalType

        public XMLDescriptor getDescriptorByGlobalType(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment xPathFragment)
        INTERNAL: Return the XMLDescriptor mapped to the global type matching the XPathFragment parameter.
        Overrides:
        getDescriptorByGlobalType in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context<org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession,XMLDescriptor,XMLField,NamespaceResolver,Project,DatabaseSession,SessionEventListener>
      • getDocumentPreservationPolicy

        public DocumentPreservationPolicy getDocumentPreservationPolicy(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session)
        INTERNAL: Return the DocumentPreservationPolicy associated with this session
        Parameters:
        session -
        Returns:
      • setupDocumentPreservationPolicy

        public void setupDocumentPreservationPolicy(DatabaseSession session)
      • hasDocumentPreservation

        public boolean hasDocumentPreservation()
        INTERNAL: Return true if any session held onto by this context has a document preservation policy that requires unmarshalling from a Node.
        Specified by:
        hasDocumentPreservation in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context<org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession,XMLDescriptor,XMLField,NamespaceResolver,Project,DatabaseSession,SessionEventListener>
      • applyORMMetadata

        public void applyORMMetadata(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession ormSession)
        ADVANCED: Adjust the OXM metadata to take into account ORM mapping metadata,
      • getValueByXPath

        public <T> T getValueByXPath(java.lang.Object object,
                            java.lang.String xPath,
                            NamespaceResolver namespaceResolver,
                            java.lang.Class<T> returnType)

        Query the object model based on the corresponding XML document. The following pairings are equivalent:

        Return the Customer's ID
         Integer id = xmlContext.getValueByXPath(customer, "@id", null, Integer.class);
         Integer id = customer.getId();
        Return the Customer's Name
         String name = xmlContext.getValueByXPath(customer, "ns:personal-info/ns:name/text()", null, String.class);
         String name = customer.getName();
        Return the Customer's Address
         Address address = xmlContext.getValueByXPath(customer, "ns:contact-info/ns:address", aNamespaceResolver, Address.class);
         Address address = customer.getAddress();
        Return all the Customer's PhoneNumbers
         List phoneNumbers = xmlContext.getValueByXPath(customer, "ns:contact-info/ns:phone-number", aNamespaceResolver, List.class);
         List phoneNumbers = customer.getPhoneNumbers();
        Return the Customer's second PhoneNumber
         PhoneNumber phoneNumber = xmlContext.getValueByXPath(customer, "ns:contact-info/ns:phone-number[2]", aNamespaceResolver, PhoneNumber.class);
         PhoneNumber phoneNumber = customer.getPhoneNumbers().get(1);
        Return the base object
         Customer customer = xmlContext.getValueByXPath(customer, ".", aNamespaceResolver, Customer.class);
         Customer customer = customer;
         
        Overrides:
        getValueByXPath in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context<org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession,XMLDescriptor,XMLField,NamespaceResolver,Project,DatabaseSession,SessionEventListener>
        Type Parameters:
        T - The return type of this method corresponds to the returnType parameter.
        Parameters:
        object - The XPath will be executed relative to this object.
        xPath - The XPath statement
        namespaceResolver - A NamespaceResolver containing the prefix/URI pairings from the XPath statement.
        returnType - The return type.
        Returns:
        The object corresponding to the XPath or null if no result was found.
      • setValueByXPath

        public void setValueByXPath(java.lang.Object object,
                           java.lang.String xPath,
                           NamespaceResolver namespaceResolver,
                           java.lang.Object value)

        Set values in the object model based on the corresponding XML document. The following pairings are equivalent:

        Set the Customer's ID
         xmlContext.setValueByXPath(customer, "@id", null, new Integer(123));
         customer.setId(new Integer(123));
        Set the Customer's Name
         xmlContext.setValueByXPath(customer, "ns:personal-info/ns:name/text()", aNamespaceResolver, "Jane Doe");
         customer.setName("Jane Doe");
        Set the Customer's Address
         xmlContext.setValueByXPath(customer, "ns:contact-info/ns:address", aNamespaceResolver, anAddress);
         customer.setAddress(anAddress);
        Set the Customer's PhoneNumbers
         xmlContext.setValueByXPath(customer, "ns:contact-info/ns:phone-number", aNamespaceResolver, phoneNumbers);
         customer.setPhoneNumbers(phoneNumbers);
        Set the Customer's second PhoneNumber
         xmlContext.setValueByXPath(customer, "ns:contact-info/ns:phone-number[2]", aNamespaceResolver, aPhoneNumber);
         customer.getPhoneNumbers().get(1);
        Overrides:
        setValueByXPath in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context<org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession,XMLDescriptor,XMLField,NamespaceResolver,Project,DatabaseSession,SessionEventListener>
        Parameters:
        object - The XPath will be executed relative to this object.
        xPath - The XPath statement
        namespaceResolver - A NamespaceResolver containing the prefix/URI pairings from the XPath statement.
        value - The value to be set.
      • createByQualifiedName

        public java.lang.Object createByQualifiedName(java.lang.String namespace,
                                             java.lang.String typeName,
                                             boolean isGlobalType)
                                               throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        Create a new object instance for a given XML namespace and name.
        Parameters:
        namespace - The namespace of the complex type to create a new Java instance of.
        typeName - The XML type name to create a new Java instance of.
        isGlobalType - True if the object to be created represents a global type, false if it represents a global element.
        Returns:
        An instance of the Java class mapped to the indicated XML type, or null if no result was found.
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
      • createByXPath

        public <T> T createByXPath(java.lang.Object parentObject,
                          java.lang.String xPath,
                          NamespaceResolver namespaceResolver,
                          java.lang.Class<T> returnType)
        Create a new object instance for a given XPath, relative to the parentObject.
        Overrides:
        createByXPath in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.Context<org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession,XMLDescriptor,XMLField,NamespaceResolver,Project,DatabaseSession,SessionEventListener>
        Type Parameters:
        T - The return type of this method corresponds to the returnType parameter.
        Parameters:
        parentObject - The XPath will be executed relative to this object.
        xPath - The XPath statement.
        namespaceResolver - A NamespaceResolver containing the prefix/URI pairings from the XPath statement.
        returnType - The return type.
        Returns:
        An instance of the Java class mapped to the supplied XML type, or null if no result was found.
EclipseLink 2.5.1, build 'v20130918-f2b9fc5' API Reference