it.unimo.dbgroup.momis.XmlTools
Interface FullXmlExternalizable

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable, XmlExternalizable

public interface FullXmlExternalizable

extends XmlExternalizable

Allows a custom class to customize even its XML object definition element.

Method Summary

org.w3c.dom.Element

createObjectTag(java.lang.String field, java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Integer object_id) Creates and return a custom object definition element.

Methods inherited from interface it.unimo.dbgroup.momis.XmlTools.XmlExternalizable

readXmlExternal, writeXmlExternal

Method Detail

createObjectTag

public org.w3c.dom.Element createObjectTag(java.lang.String field,
                                           java.lang.Object obj,
                                           java.lang.Integer object_id)
                                    throws java.lang.Throwable

Creates and return a custom object definition element.

This method must create, using the given parameters, a custom object definition element.

WARNING!! writing full custom object tags in the DOM may cause failure during reconstruction process. Please do not use this feature if you can.

Parameters:

field - The name of the field attribute.

obj - object that this method must describe

object_id - ID for the object element

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable