org.apache.axis.description
Class FieldDesc

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.apache.axis.description.FieldDesc
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
AttributeDesc, ElementDesc

public class FieldDesc
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

FieldDescs are metadata objects which control the mapping of a given Java field to/from XML.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Method Summary
 java.lang.String getFieldName()
          Obtain the field name.
 java.lang.Class getJavaType()
           
 QName getXmlName()
          Obtain the XML QName for this field
 QName getXmlType()
          Returns the XML type (e.g.
 boolean isElement()
          Check if this is an element or an attribute.
 boolean isIndexed()
           
 boolean isMinOccursZero()
          Check if this field can be omitted.
 void setFieldName(java.lang.String fieldName)
          Set the field name.
 void setJavaType(java.lang.Class javaType)
           
 void setMinOccursIs0(boolean minOccursIs0)
          Deprecated. this functionality, which is only relevant to ElementDescs, now lives in ElementDesc and is more flexible (you can set minOccurs and maxOccurs as you please)
 void setXmlName(QName xmlName)
          Set the XML QName for this field
 void setXmlType(QName xmlType)
          Returns the XML type (e.g.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

getFieldName

public java.lang.String getFieldName()
Obtain the field name.


setFieldName

public void setFieldName(java.lang.String fieldName)
Set the field name.


getXmlName

public QName getXmlName()
Obtain the XML QName for this field


setXmlName

public void setXmlName(QName xmlName)
Set the XML QName for this field


getJavaType

public java.lang.Class getJavaType()

setJavaType

public void setJavaType(java.lang.Class javaType)

getXmlType

public QName getXmlType()
Returns the XML type (e.g. xsd:string) for this field


setXmlType

public void setXmlType(QName xmlType)
Returns the XML type (e.g. xsd:string) for this field


isElement

public boolean isElement()
Check if this is an element or an attribute.

Returns:
true if this is an ElementDesc, or false if an AttributeDesc

isIndexed

public boolean isIndexed()

isMinOccursZero

public boolean isMinOccursZero()
Check if this field can be omitted.


setMinOccursIs0

public void setMinOccursIs0(boolean minOccursIs0)
Deprecated. this functionality, which is only relevant to ElementDescs, now lives in ElementDesc and is more flexible (you can set minOccurs and maxOccurs as you please)

Parameters:
minOccursIs0 -


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