org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade
Class AttributeRegistry

java.lang.Object
  org.w3c.tools.resources.upgrade.AttributeRegistry

public class AttributeRegistry
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

AttributeRegistry()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Class	getAttributeClass(java.lang.Class cls, java.lang.String attrname) Get the name of the class that has declared this attribute.
static Attribute[]	getClassAttributes(java.lang.Class cls) Get this class declared attributes.
static int	registerAttribute(java.lang.Class cls, Attribute attr) Register a new attribute for a given class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeRegistry

public AttributeRegistry()

Method Detail

registerAttribute

public static int registerAttribute(java.lang.Class cls,
                                    Attribute attr)

Register a new attribute for a given class. This method create the approrpriate attribute description record if required, and return the index of this attribute in the corresponding holder instances.

Parameters:

cls - The class that defines this attribute.

attr - The attribute to declare.

Returns:

The attribute index.

getClassAttributes

public static Attribute[] getClassAttributes(java.lang.Class cls)

Get this class declared attributes.

Parameters:

cls - The class we are querying.

Returns:

An array of Attribute instances, describing each of the attributes of all instances of the class, or null if the class hasn't defined any attributes.

getAttributeClass

public static java.lang.Class getAttributeClass(java.lang.Class cls,
                                                java.lang.String attrname)

Get the name of the class that has declared this attribute.

Parameters:

cls - The class that makes the starting point of lookup.

attr - The attribute we are looking for.

Returns:

The name of the class that defined that attribute, or null.