com.ten60.netkernel.urii.representation
Interface ITransrepresentor

All Superinterfaces:

IURComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryStreamToSAX, BinaryStreamToString, BooleanSerializer, BooleanToCanonicalXML, CanonicalBooleanToBoolean, ComplexTransreptorImpl, DOM2SAX, DOMXDAParser, DOMXDASerializer, JDOM2DOMXDA, JDOM2SAX, JDOMSerializer, NKFTransreptorImpl, NodeList2XML, NVPToXML, NVPToXMLBinaryStream, SAX2DOM, SAX2XmlObject, SAXToBinaryStream, SimpleTransreptorImpl, StAXReaderToXXX, URIToCanonicalURI, VoidAspectToErrorTransreptor, XmlObject2DOMXDA, XmlObject2SAX, XmlObjectParser, XmlObjectSerializer, XMLToNVP, XXX2JDOM, XXX2XmlObject, XXXToStAXReader

public interface ITransrepresentor
extends IURComponent

A ITransrepresentor (transreptor for short) generates a new IURRepresentation containing an alternate aspect to another that implements a different aspect. Transrepresentations should not change the symatics of the data in the representation just is representation.

Method Summary

ModuleDefinition	getModule()
boolean	supports(IURRepresentation aFrom, java.lang.Class aTo) Returns true if the given representation can be transrepresented using this transreptor to the given interface
IURRepresentation	transrepresent(IURRepresentation aFrom, URRequest aRequest) Transrepresent the given Representation

Methods inherited from interface com.ten60.netkernel.urii.IURComponent

destroy, initialise

Method Detail

getModule

ModuleDefinition getModule()

supports

boolean supports(IURRepresentation aFrom,
                 java.lang.Class aTo)

Returns true if the given representation can be transrepresented using this transreptor to the given interface

Parameters:

aFrom - the representation to transrepresent

aTo - the interface we want a new aspect to implement

transrepresent

IURRepresentation transrepresent(IURRepresentation aFrom,
                                 URRequest aRequest)
                                 throws NetKernelException

Transrepresent the given Representation

Parameters:

aFrom - the representation to transrepresent

aRequest - the request which necessitated this transrepresentation

Returns:

a transrepresented representation

Throws:

NetKernelException - throw if the transrepresentation fails for any reason