ClassDescriptorResolver (Castor JavaDoc)

All Known Subinterfaces:

JDOClassDescriptorResolver, XMLClassDescriptorResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDOClassDescriptorResolverImpl, XMLClassDescriptorResolverImpl
```
public interface ClassDescriptorResolver
```
An interface for finding or "resolving" ClassDescriptor classes.
Note: This interface is used by the marshalling Framework for resolving ClassDescriptors for non-primitive types. There are no guarantees that this class will be called for java native classes.

Version:

$Revision: 8574 $ $Date: 2005-02-28 17:41:38 -0700 (Mon, 28 Feb 2005) $

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`MappingLoader`	`getMappingLoader()`	Note: This method will be removed soon (kv).
`ClassDescriptor`	`resolve(java.lang.Class<?> type)`	Returns the ClassDescriptor for the given class.
`void`	`setMappingLoader(MappingLoader mappingLoader)`	Sets the mapping loader for this ClassDescriptorResolver.

- Method Detail
  - getMappingLoader
```
MappingLoader getMappingLoader()
```
    Note: This method will be removed soon (kv).
  - resolve
```
ClassDescriptor resolve(java.lang.Class<?> type)
                 throws ResolverException
```
    Returns the ClassDescriptor for the given class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the Class to find the ClassDescriptor for
    
    Returns:
    
    the ClassDescriptor for the given class
    
    Throws:
    
    ResolverException
  - setMappingLoader
```
void setMappingLoader(MappingLoader mappingLoader)
```
    Sets the mapping loader for this ClassDescriptorResolver. Note: This method will be removed soon (kv).