ExtendedFieldHandler (Castor JavaDoc)

java.lang.Object
- org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.FieldHandlerFriend
- - org.exolab.castor.mapping.ExtendedFieldHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

FieldHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractFieldHandler
```
public abstract class ExtendedFieldHandler
extends FieldHandlerFriend
```
An extended version of the FieldHandler interface which is used for adding additional functionality while preserving backward compatibility.

Version:

$Revision: 8776 $ $Date: 2005-08-03 15:11:51 -0600 (Wed, 03 Aug 2005) $

Author:

Keith Visco

See Also:

FieldDescriptor, FieldHandler

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ExtendedFieldHandler()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`checkValidity(java.lang.Object object)`	Deprecated. No longer supported
`abstract java.lang.Object`	`newInstance(java.lang.Object parent, java.lang.Object[] args)`	Creates a new instance of the object described by this field.

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.FieldHandlerFriend
getFieldDescriptor, getValue, newInstance, resetValue, setFieldDescriptor, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ExtendedFieldHandler
```
public ExtendedFieldHandler()
```
- Method Detail
  - checkValidity
```
public void checkValidity(java.lang.Object object)
                   throws ValidityException,
                          java.lang.IllegalStateException
```
    Deprecated.
    No longer supported
    
    Specified by:
    
    checkValidity in interface FieldHandler
    
    Specified by:
    
    checkValidity in class FieldHandlerFriend
    
    Throws:
    
    ValidityException
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException
  - newInstance
```
public abstract java.lang.Object newInstance(java.lang.Object parent,
                                             java.lang.Object[] args)
                                      throws java.lang.IllegalStateException
```
    Creates a new instance of the object described by this field.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - The object for which the field is created
    
    args - the set of constructor arguments
    
    Returns:
    
    A new instance of the field's value
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - This field is a simple type and cannot be instantiated