JAXBIntrospector.java

/*
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2015 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
 * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development
 * and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the "License").  You
 * may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You can
 * obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://glassfish.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL_1_1.html
 * or packager/legal/LICENSE.txt.  See the License for the specific
 * language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 * When distributing the software, include this License Header Notice in each
 * file and include the License file at packager/legal/LICENSE.txt.
 *
 * GPL Classpath Exception:
 * Oracle designates this particular file as subject to the "Classpath"
 * exception as provided by Oracle in the GPL Version 2 section of the License
 * file that accompanied this code.
 *
 * Modifications:
 * If applicable, add the following below the License Header, with the fields
 * enclosed by brackets [] replaced by your own identifying information:
 * "Portions Copyright [year] [name of copyright owner]"
 *
 * Contributor(s):
 * If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL or
 * only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding "[Contributor]
 * elects to include this software in this distribution under the [CDDL or GPL
 * Version 2] license."  If you don't indicate a single choice of license, a
 * recipient has the option to distribute your version of this file under
 * either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or to extend the choice of license to
 * its licensees as provided above.  However, if you add GPL Version 2 code
 * and therefore, elected the GPL Version 2 license, then the option applies
 * only if the new code is made subject to such option by the copyright
 * holder.
 */

package javax.xml.bind;
import  javax.xml.namespace.QName;

/**
 * Provide access to JAXB xml binding data for a JAXB object.
 *
 * <p>
 * Intially, the intent of this class is to just conceptualize how 
 * a JAXB application developer can access xml binding information, 
 * independent if binding model is java to schema or schema to java.
 * Since accessing the XML element name related to a JAXB element is
 * a highly requested feature, demonstrate access to this
 * binding information.
 *
 * The factory method to get a <code>JAXBIntrospector</code> instance is 
 * {@link JAXBContext#createJAXBIntrospector()}.
 *
 * @see JAXBContext#createJAXBIntrospector()
 * @since 1.6, JAXB 2.0
 */
public abstract class JAXBIntrospector {

    /** 
     * <p>Return true if <code>object</code> represents a JAXB element.</p>
     * <p>Parameter <code>object</code> is a JAXB element for following cases:
     * <ol>
     *   <li>It is an instance of <code>javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement</code>.</li>
     *   <li>The class of <code>object</code> is annotated with 
     *       <code>&#64;XmlRootElement</code>.
     *   </li>
     * </ol>
     *
     * @see #getElementName(Object)
     */
    public abstract boolean isElement(Object object);

    /**
     * <p>Get xml element qname for <code>jaxbElement</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param jaxbElement is an object that {@link #isElement(Object)} returned true.
     *                    
     * @return xml element qname associated with jaxbElement;
     *         null if <code>jaxbElement</code> is not a JAXB Element.
     */
    public abstract QName getElementName(Object jaxbElement);

    /**
     * <p>Get the element value of a JAXB element.</p>
     *
     * <p>Convenience method to abstract whether working with either 
     *    a javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement instance or an instance of 
     *    <tt>@XmlRootElement</tt> annotated Java class.</p>
     *
     * @param jaxbElement  object that #isElement(Object) returns true.
     *
     * @return The element value of the <code>jaxbElement</code>.
     */
    public static Object getValue(Object jaxbElement) {
	if (jaxbElement instanceof JAXBElement) {
	    return ((JAXBElement)jaxbElement).getValue();
	} else {
	    // assume that class of this instance is 
	    // annotated with @XmlRootElement.
	    return jaxbElement;
	}
    }
}