Package org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta

Metadata Framework

Extendable framework for metadata parsing and serializing.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
MetaDataFilter	Filters metadata resources.
MetaDataFilter.Resource	Information about a metadata resource.
MetaDataIterator	Iterator over metadata resources.
MetaDataParser	Interface for metadata parsers.
MetaDataSerializer	Interface for meta data serializers.
SourceTracker	Interface that can optionally be implemented by metadata to include the source file from which the metadata was originally parsed.

Class Summary

Class	Description
CFMetaDataParser	Custom SAX parser used by the system to quickly parse metadata files for classes.
CFMetaDataSerializer	Helps serialize metadata objects to package and class elements.
ClassAnnotationMetaDataFilter	Filter that looks for classes with one of a set of annotations.
ClassArgParser	Parser used to resolve arguments into java classes.
ClassMetaDataIterator	Iterator over all metadata resources that might contain the metadata for a given class, starting with the most general.
ClasspathMetaDataIterator	Iterator over directories in the classpath.
FileMetaDataIterator	Iterator over a file, or over all metadata resources below a given directory.
JarFileURLMetaDataIterator	Iterator over all metadata resources in a given resource addressed by a jar:file URL.
MetaDataIteratorChain	Metadata iterator that combines several iterators.
ResourceMetaDataIterator	Iterator over a given metadata resource.
SourceTrackers	Utility class for performing common operations on SourceTrackers.
SuffixMetaDataFilter	Filters metadata iteration based on resource name suffix.
URLMetaDataIterator	Iterator over the metadata resource represented by a URL.
XMLMetaDataParser	Custom SAX parser used by the system to quickly parse metadata files.
XMLMetaDataSerializer	Abstract base type for serlializers that transfer groups of objects to XML.
XMLVersionParser	Custom non-validating SAX parser which can be used to get the version and schema location attributes from the root node.
ZipFileMetaDataIterator	Iterator over all metadata resources in a given zip file.
ZipStreamMetaDataIterator	Iterator over all metadata resources in a given zip input stream.