org.jboss.metatype.spi.values
Class MetaMapper<T>

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.metatype.spi.values.MetaMapper<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the mapped type

Direct Known Subclasses:

ObjectNameMetaMapper, PropertiesCompositeObjectNameMetaMapper, PropertiesMetaMapper, PropertiesObjectNameMetaMapper, StringObjectNameMetaMapper

public abstract class MetaMapper<T>
extends Object

MetaMapper.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Constructor Summary

MetaMapper()

Method Summary

abstract MetaValue	createMetaValue(MetaType metaType, T object) Create the meta value
static MetaMapper<?>	getMetaMapper(org.jboss.reflect.spi.TypeInfo typeInfo) Get a metamapper for a type info
MetaType	getMetaType() Override this method to create your own metatype
Type	mapToType() Override this method to map to a specific type
abstract T	unwrapMetaValue(MetaValue metaValue) Unwrap the metavalue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetaMapper

public MetaMapper()

Method Detail

getMetaMapper

public static final MetaMapper<?> getMetaMapper(org.jboss.reflect.spi.TypeInfo typeInfo)

Get a metamapper for a type info

Parameters:

typeInfo - the type info

Returns:

the metamapper or null if there isn't one

mapToType

public Type mapToType()

Override this method to map to a specific type

Returns:

the type

getMetaType

public MetaType getMetaType()

Override this method to create your own metatype

Returns:

the metatype

createMetaValue

public abstract MetaValue createMetaValue(MetaType metaType,
                                          T object)

Create the meta value

Parameters:

metaType - the metatype

object - the object

Returns:

the meta value

unwrapMetaValue

public abstract T unwrapMetaValue(MetaValue metaValue)

Unwrap the metavalue

Parameters:

metaValue - the meta value

Returns:

the object