Package org.jboss.marshalling

Class ChainingClassExternalizerFactory

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.marshalling.ChainingClassExternalizerFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClassExternalizerFactory

public class ChainingClassExternalizerFactory
extends Object
implements ClassExternalizerFactory

A class externalizer factory that tries each delegate externalizer factory in sequence, returning the first match.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ChainingClassExternalizerFactory(Iterable<ClassExternalizerFactory> factories)	Construct a new instance.
ChainingClassExternalizerFactory(Collection<ClassExternalizerFactory> factories)	Construct a new instance.
ChainingClassExternalizerFactory(Iterator<ClassExternalizerFactory> factories)	Construct a new instance.
ChainingClassExternalizerFactory(ClassExternalizerFactory[] factories)	Construct a new instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Externalizer	getExternalizer(Class<?> type)	Look up a custom externalizer for a given object class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChainingClassExternalizerFactory

public ChainingClassExternalizerFactory(Collection<ClassExternalizerFactory> factories)

Construct a new instance.

Parameters:

factories - a collection of factories to use

ChainingClassExternalizerFactory

public ChainingClassExternalizerFactory(Iterable<ClassExternalizerFactory> factories)

Construct a new instance.

Parameters:

factories - a collection of factories to use

ChainingClassExternalizerFactory

public ChainingClassExternalizerFactory(Iterator<ClassExternalizerFactory> factories)

Construct a new instance.

Parameters:

factories - a sequence of factories to use

ChainingClassExternalizerFactory

public ChainingClassExternalizerFactory(ClassExternalizerFactory[] factories)

Construct a new instance.

Parameters:

factories - an array of factories to use

Method Detail

getExternalizer

public Externalizer getExternalizer(Class<?> type)

Look up a custom externalizer for a given object class. If no such externalizer exists, returns null. This implementation tries each nested externalizer factory in order until a match is found.

Specified by:

getExternalizer in interface ClassExternalizerFactory

Parameters:

type - the type to be externalized

Returns:

the externalizer, or null if there is none