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org.eclipse.persistence.oxm
Class XMLField

java.lang.Object
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLField

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

XMLUnionField

public class XMLField

extends org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField

TopLink XML mappings make use of XMLFields based on XPath statements to find the relevant data in an XML document. The XPath statement is relative to the context node specified in the descriptor. The XPath may contain node type, path, and positional information. The XPath is specified on the field using the setXPath method or by using the appropriate constructor.

The following XPath statements may be used to specify the location of XML data relating to an object's name attribute:

XPath	Description
@name	The "@" character indicates that the node is an attribute.
text()	"text()" indicates that the node is a text node. In this case the name value in the text node belongs to the context node.
full-name/text()	The name information is stored in the text node of the full-name element.
personal-info/name/text()	The XPath statement may be used to specify any valid path.
name[2]/text()	The XPath statement may contain positional information. In this case the name information is stored in the text node of the second occurrence of the name element.

Mapping to a Specific Schema Type: In most cases TopLink can determine the target format in the XML document. However, there are cases where you must specify which one of a number of possible targets TopLink should use. For example, a java.util.Calendar could be marshalled to a schema date, time, or dateTime, or a byte[] could be marshalled to a schema hexBinary or base64Binary node.

XML Schema
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xsd:element />
<xsd:complexType >
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element />
<xsd:element />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>


Code Sample
XMLField pictureField = new XMLField("picture/text()")
pictureField.setSchemaType(XMLConstants.HEX_BINARY_QNAME);


Setting custom conversion pairs: By default in TopLink XML built-in schema types are associated with java classes and vice versa. These default pairs can be modified by the user using the addJavaConversion and addXMLConversion api. For example by default a java.util.Calendar is mapped to the dateTime schema type so the XML will be formated based on that type. Below are the default schema type to java type conversion pairs and the default java type to schema type conversion pairs.

XML schema type to Java type default conversion pairs

Schema Type	Java Type
base64Binary	byte[]
boolean	boolean
byte	byte
date	java.util.Calendar
dateTime	java.util.Calendar
decimal	java.math.BigDecimal
double	double
float	float
hexBinary	byte[]
int	int
integer	java.math.BigInteger
long	long
QName	javax.xml.namespace.QName
time	java.util.Calendar
unsignedByte	short
unsignedInt	long
unsignedShort	int
anySimpleType	java.lang.String

Java type to XML schema type default conversion pairs

Java Type	Schema Type
byte[]	hexBinary
java.lang.Byte[]	hexBinary
java.math.BigDecimal	decimal
java.math.BigInteger	integer
boolean	boolean
java.lang.Boolean	boolean
java.lang.Byte	Byte
byte	byte
java.util.Calendar	dateTime
java.util.GregorianCalendar	dateTime
double	double
java.lang.Double	double
float	float
java.lang.Float	float
int	int
java.lang.Integer	int
long	long
java.lang.Long	long
short	short
java.lang.Short	short
javax.xml.namespace.QName	QName
java.lang.String	string

See Also:

XMLUnionField, Serialized Form

Field Summary

private boolean	isCDATA
private boolean	isInitialized
private boolean	isRequired
private boolean	isTypedTextField
private org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment	lastXPathFragment
private javax.xml.namespace.QName	leafElementType
private NamespaceResolver	namespaceResolver
private javax.xml.namespace.QName	schemaType
protected java.util.HashMap	userJavaTypes
protected java.util.HashMap	userXMLTypes
private boolean	usesSingleNode Makes this maintain the collection of items in a single attribute or element instead of having one element per item in the collection.
private org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment	xPathFragment

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField

columnDefinition, index, isInsertable, isNullable, isPrimaryKey, isUnique, isUpdatable, length, name, NULL_SQL_TYPE, precision, qualifiedName, scale, sqlType, table, type, typeName, useDelimiters

Constructor Summary

XMLField()
Default constructor, create a new XMLField

XMLField(java.lang.String xPath)
Default constructor, create a new XMLField based on the specified xPath

Method Summary

void	addConversion(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname, java.lang.Class javaClass) Add an entry for both an XML Conversion and a Java Conversion entry
void	addJavaConversion(java.lang.Class javaClass, javax.xml.namespace.QName qname) Add a Java to XML Conversion pair entry
void	addXMLConversion(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname, java.lang.Class javaClass) Add an XML to Java Conversion pair entry
private void	buildFragments(java.lang.String xpathString)
java.lang.Object	convertValueBasedOnSchemaType(java.lang.Object value, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XMLConversionManager xmlConversionManager, XMLRecord record) INTERNAL:
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object)
java.lang.Class	getJavaClass(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname) Return the class for a given qualified XML Schema type
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment	getLastXPathFragment() INTERNAL: Return the last XPathFragment.
javax.xml.namespace.QName	getLeafElementType()
NamespaceResolver	getNamespaceResolver() Get the NamespaceResolver associated with this XMLField
javax.xml.namespace.QName	getSchemaType() Return the schema type associated with this field
private java.util.HashMap	getUserJavaTypes()
java.util.ArrayList	getUserJavaTypesForDeploymentXML() INTERNAL:
private java.util.HashMap	getUserXMLTypes()
java.util.ArrayList	getUserXMLTypesForDeploymentXML() INTERNAL:
javax.xml.namespace.QName	getXMLType(java.lang.Class javaClass) Return the qualified XML Schema type for a given class
java.lang.String	getXPath() Returns the xpath statement associated with this XMLField
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment	getXPathFragment() INTERNAL: Maintain a direct pointer to the first XPathFragment.
int	hashCode()
boolean	hasLastXPathFragment() INTERNAL:
private boolean	hasPath(java.lang.String xpathString)
void	initialize()
private void	initializeXPathFragment(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment xPathFragment)
boolean	isCDATA() INTERNAL:
boolean	isRequired() Indicates if this XMLField represents a "required" XML element or attribute ([minOccurs="1"] for elements, [use="required"] for attributes).
boolean	isSchemaType(javax.xml.namespace.QName schemaType) INTERNAL
boolean	isSelfField() INTERNAL: Indicates if the xpath for this field is "."
boolean	isTypedTextField() Returns if the field is a typed text field True when we should base conversions on the "type" attribute on elements
boolean	isUnionField() INTERNAL: Returns false since this is a union field The subclass XMLUnionField returns true for this
void	removeConversion(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname, java.lang.Class javaClass) Remove both a Java to XML Conversion and the corresponding XML to Java Conversion entry
void	removeJavaConversion(java.lang.Class javaClass) Remove a Java to XML Conversion entry
void	removeXMLConversion(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname) Remove an XML to Java Conversion entry
void	setIsCDATA(boolean CDATA) INTERNAL:
void	setIsTypedTextField(boolean value) Set if the field is a typed text field True when we should base conversions on the "type" attribute on elements
void	setLastXPathFragment(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment lastXPathFragment) INTERNAL: Maintain a direct pointer to the last XPathFragment.
void	setLeafElementType(javax.xml.namespace.QName type) Assumes type is in the format prefix:localPart, or localPart.
void	setName(java.lang.String xPath) This has the same effect as calling the setXPath method
void	setName(java.lang.String xPath, java.lang.String startDelimiter, java.lang.String endDelimiter) Override setName in superclass
void	setNamespaceResolver(NamespaceResolver newNamespaceResolver) Set the NamespaceResolver associated with this XMLField
void	setRequired(boolean isRequired) Set whether this XMLField represents a "required" XML element or attribute ([minOccurs="1"] for elements, [use="required"] for attributes).
void	setSchemaType(javax.xml.namespace.QName value) Sets the schematype associated with this XMLField This is an optional setting; when set the schema type will be used to format the XML appropriately
void	setUserJavaTypesForDeploymentXML(java.util.ArrayList pairs) INTERNAL:
void	setUserXMLTypesForDeploymentXML(java.util.ArrayList pairs) INTERNAL:
void	setUsesSingleNode(boolean usesSingleNode) PUBLIC: Sets whether the mapping uses a single node.
void	setXPath(java.lang.String xPath) Set the xpath statment for this XMLField.
void	setXPathFragment(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment xPathFragment) INTERNAL: Return the first XPathFragment.
boolean	usesSingleNode() PUBLIC: Checks whether the mapping uses a single node.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField

clone, equals, getColumnDefinition, getIndex, getLength, getName, getNameDelimited, getNameForComparisons, getPrecision, getQualifiedName, getQualifiedNameDelimited, getScale, getSqlType, getTable, getTableName, getType, getTypeName, getUseUpperCaseForComparisons, hasTableName, initDDLFields, isInsertable, isNullable, isObjectRelationalDatabaseField, isPrimaryKey, isReadOnly, isUnique, isUpdatable, resetQualifiedName, setColumnDefinition, setIndex, setInsertable, setLength, setName, setNameForComparisons, setNullable, setPrecision, setPrimaryKey, setScale, setSqlType, setTable, setTableName, setType, setTypeName, setUnique, setUpdatable, setUseDelimiters, shouldUseDelimiters, toString, useUpperCaseForComparisons

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

namespaceResolver

private NamespaceResolver namespaceResolver

schemaType

private javax.xml.namespace.QName schemaType

xPathFragment

private org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment xPathFragment

lastXPathFragment

private org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment lastXPathFragment

isCDATA

private boolean isCDATA

isRequired

private boolean isRequired

isInitialized

private boolean isInitialized

usesSingleNode

private boolean usesSingleNode

Makes this maintain the collection of items in a single attribute or element instead of having one element per item in the collection. Default is false

userXMLTypes

protected java.util.HashMap userXMLTypes

userJavaTypes

protected java.util.HashMap userJavaTypes

isTypedTextField

private boolean isTypedTextField

leafElementType

private javax.xml.namespace.QName leafElementType

Constructor Detail

XMLField

public XMLField()

Default constructor, create a new XMLField

XMLField

public XMLField(java.lang.String xPath)

Default constructor, create a new XMLField based on the specified xPath

Parameters:

xPath - The xPath statement for this field

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()

initializeXPathFragment

private void initializeXPathFragment(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment xPathFragment)

getXPath

public java.lang.String getXPath()

Returns the xpath statement associated with this XMLField

Returns:

The xpath statement associated with this XMLField

setXPath

public void setXPath(java.lang.String xPath)

Set the xpath statment for this XMLField.

Parameters:

xPath - The xpath statement to be associated with this XMLField

getNamespaceResolver

public NamespaceResolver getNamespaceResolver()

Get the NamespaceResolver associated with this XMLField

Returns:

The NamespaceResolver associated with this XMLField

See Also:

NamespaceResolver

setNamespaceResolver

public void setNamespaceResolver(NamespaceResolver newNamespaceResolver)

Set the NamespaceResolver associated with this XMLField

Parameters:

newNamespaceResolver - The namespaceResolver to be associated with this XMLField

See Also:

NamespaceResolver

setUsesSingleNode

public void setUsesSingleNode(boolean usesSingleNode)

PUBLIC: Sets whether the mapping uses a single node.

Parameters:

usesSingleNode - True if the items in the collection are in a single node or false if each of the items in the collection is in its own node

usesSingleNode

public boolean usesSingleNode()

PUBLIC: Checks whether the mapping uses a single node.

Returns:

True if the items in the collection are in a single node or false if each of the items in the collection is in its own node.

setSchemaType

public void setSchemaType(javax.xml.namespace.QName value)

Sets the schematype associated with this XMLField This is an optional setting; when set the schema type will be used to format the XML appropriately

Parameters:

value - QName to be added to the list of schema types

getSchemaType

public javax.xml.namespace.QName getSchemaType()

Return the schema type associated with this field

Returns:

the schema type

isTypedTextField

public boolean isTypedTextField()

Returns if the field is a typed text field True when we should base conversions on the "type" attribute on elements

Returns:

True when we should base conversions on the "type" attribute on elements, otherwise false

setIsTypedTextField

public void setIsTypedTextField(boolean value)

Set if the field is a typed text field True when we should base conversions on the "type" attribute on elements

Parameters:

value - The boolean value specifiy if this is a typed text field

isSelfField

public boolean isSelfField()

INTERNAL: Indicates if the xpath for this field is "."

Returns:

true if the xpath is ".", false otherwise

isUnionField

public boolean isUnionField()

INTERNAL: Returns false since this is a union field The subclass XMLUnionField returns true for this

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String xPath,
                    java.lang.String startDelimiter,
                    java.lang.String endDelimiter)

Override setName in superclass

Overrides:

setName in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String xPath)

This has the same effect as calling the setXPath method

Overrides:

setName in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField

Parameters:

xPath - The xPath associated with this XMLField

hasPath

private boolean hasPath(java.lang.String xpathString)

buildFragments

private void buildFragments(java.lang.String xpathString)

getXPathFragment

public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment getXPathFragment()

INTERNAL: Maintain a direct pointer to the first XPathFragment. For example given the following XPath first/middle/@last, first is the first XPathFragment.

setXPathFragment

public void setXPathFragment(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment xPathFragment)

INTERNAL: Return the first XPathFragment.

getLastXPathFragment

public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment getLastXPathFragment()

INTERNAL: Return the last XPathFragment.

setLastXPathFragment

public void setLastXPathFragment(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XPathFragment lastXPathFragment)

INTERNAL: Maintain a direct pointer to the last XPathFragment. For example given the following XPath first/middle/@last, @last is the last XPathFragment.

getJavaClass

public java.lang.Class getJavaClass(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname)

Return the class for a given qualified XML Schema type

Parameters:

qname - The qualified name of the XML Schema type to use as a key in the lookup

Returns:

The class corresponding to the specified schema type, if no corresponding match found returns null

getXMLType

public javax.xml.namespace.QName getXMLType(java.lang.Class javaClass)

Return the qualified XML Schema type for a given class

Parameters:

javaClass - The class to use as a key in the lookup

Returns:

QName The qualified XML Schema type, if no corresponding match found returns null

getUserJavaTypes

private java.util.HashMap getUserJavaTypes()

Returns:

a HashMap of Java to XML Schema type conversion pairs

getUserXMLTypes

private java.util.HashMap getUserXMLTypes()

Returns:

a HashMap of XML Schema types to Java types conversion pairs

getUserXMLTypesForDeploymentXML

public java.util.ArrayList getUserXMLTypesForDeploymentXML()

INTERNAL:

setUserXMLTypesForDeploymentXML

public void setUserXMLTypesForDeploymentXML(java.util.ArrayList pairs)
                                     throws java.lang.Exception

INTERNAL:

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUserJavaTypesForDeploymentXML

public java.util.ArrayList getUserJavaTypesForDeploymentXML()

INTERNAL:

setUserJavaTypesForDeploymentXML

public void setUserJavaTypesForDeploymentXML(java.util.ArrayList pairs)
                                      throws java.lang.Exception

INTERNAL:

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

convertValueBasedOnSchemaType

public java.lang.Object convertValueBasedOnSchemaType(java.lang.Object value,
                                                      org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.XMLConversionManager xmlConversionManager,
                                                      XMLRecord record)

INTERNAL:

addXMLConversion

public void addXMLConversion(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname,
                             java.lang.Class javaClass)

Add an XML to Java Conversion pair entry

Parameters:

qname - The qualified name of the XML schema type

javaClass - The class to add

addJavaConversion

public void addJavaConversion(java.lang.Class javaClass,
                              javax.xml.namespace.QName qname)

Add a Java to XML Conversion pair entry

Parameters:

javaClass - The class to add

qname - The qualified name of the XML schema type

addConversion

public void addConversion(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname,
                          java.lang.Class javaClass)

Add an entry for both an XML Conversion and a Java Conversion entry

Parameters:

qname - The qualified name of the XML schema type

javaClass -

removeXMLConversion

public void removeXMLConversion(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname)

Remove an XML to Java Conversion entry

Parameters:

qname -

removeJavaConversion

public void removeJavaConversion(java.lang.Class javaClass)

Remove a Java to XML Conversion entry

Parameters:

javaClass -

removeConversion

public void removeConversion(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname,
                             java.lang.Class javaClass)

Remove both a Java to XML Conversion and the corresponding XML to Java Conversion entry

Parameters:

qname -

javaClass -

setLeafElementType

public void setLeafElementType(javax.xml.namespace.QName type)

Assumes type is in the format prefix:localPart, or localPart.

Parameters:

type -

getLeafElementType

public javax.xml.namespace.QName getLeafElementType()

hasLastXPathFragment

public boolean hasLastXPathFragment()

INTERNAL:

Returns:

setIsCDATA

public void setIsCDATA(boolean CDATA)

INTERNAL:

Parameters:

CDATA -

isCDATA

public boolean isCDATA()

INTERNAL:

Returns:

isSchemaType

public boolean isSchemaType(javax.xml.namespace.QName schemaType)

INTERNAL

isRequired

public boolean isRequired()

Indicates if this XMLField represents a "required" XML element or attribute ([minOccurs="1"] for elements, [use="required"] for attributes). NOTE: This API is used only for Schema Generation.

See Also:

SchemaModelGenerator

setRequired

public void setRequired(boolean isRequired)

Set whether this XMLField represents a "required" XML element or attribute ([minOccurs="1"] for elements, [use="required"] for attributes). NOTE: This API is used only for Schema Generation.

See Also:

SchemaModelGenerator

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField

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