Package com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.core

Interface ElementInfo<T,C>

All Superinterfaces:

Element<T,C>, Locatable, TypeInfo<T,C>

public interface ElementInfo<T,C>
extends Element<T,C>

A particular use (specialization) of JAXBElement. TODO: is ElementInfo adaptable?

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	getContentInMemoryType()	T of JAXBElement<T>.
NonElement<T,C>	getContentType()	Short for getProperty().ref().get(0).
ElementPropertyInfo<T,C>	getProperty()	Gets the object that represents the value property.
ElementInfo<T,C>	getSubstitutionHead()	If this element can substitute another element, return that element.
java.util.Collection<? extends ElementInfo<T,C>>	getSubstitutionMembers()	All the ElementInfos whose getSubstitutionHead() points to this object.
T	getType()	Returns the representation for JAXBElement<contentInMemoryType>.

Methods inherited from interface com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.core.Element

getElementName, getScope

Methods inherited from interface com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.annotation.Locatable

getLocation, getUpstream

Methods inherited from interface com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.core.TypeInfo

canBeReferencedByIDREF

Method Detail

getProperty

ElementPropertyInfo<T,C> getProperty()

Gets the object that represents the value property.

Returns:

non-null.

getContentType

NonElement<T,C> getContentType()

Short for getProperty().ref().get(0). The type of the value this element holds. Normally, this is the T of JAXBElement<T>. But if the property is adapted, this is the on-the-wire type. Or if the element has a list of values, then this field represents the type of the individual item.

See Also:

getContentInMemoryType()

getContentInMemoryType

T getContentInMemoryType()

T of JAXBElement<T>.

This is tied to the in-memory representation.

See Also:

getContentType()

getType

T getType()

Returns the representation for JAXBElement<contentInMemoryType>.

This returns the signature in Java and thus isn't affected by the adapter.

Specified by:

getType in interface TypeInfo<T,C>

Returns:

always non-null.

getSubstitutionHead

ElementInfo<T,C> getSubstitutionHead()

If this element can substitute another element, return that element.

Substitutability of elements are transitive. ElementInfo can only substitute ElementInfo.

Specified by:

getSubstitutionHead in interface Element<T,C>

Returns:

null if no such element exists.

getSubstitutionMembers

java.util.Collection<? extends ElementInfo<T,C>> getSubstitutionMembers()

All the ElementInfos whose getSubstitutionHead() points to this object.

Returns:

can be empty but never null.