User's Guide
When the mapping specification is coded in XML, the
AbtXmlMappingSpec instance is the root element. The instance
holds a collection of (AbtClassElementMapping) class element
mappings.
- fromMappingDOM: anAbtDOMDocument
- Creates an instance of self based on the AbtDOMDocument
instance that was generated by parsing the mapping XML file.
- addToXmlObjectCache
- Adds a DTD to the XML resource cache after parsing. Once the DTD
exists in the object cache, it is used by subsequent parses.
- addToXmlObjectCacheWithName: aName
- Adds a DTD of aName to the XML resource cache after
parsing. Once the DTD exists in the object cache, it is used by
subsequent parses.
- addMapping: anAbtClassElementMapping
- Adds an instance of AbtClassElementMapping to the collection of
mappings. There is one instance of AbtClassElementMapping
for each class and element pair.
- mappings
- Returns the collection of all mappings.
- mappings: aCollection
- Sets the mapping collection toaCollection. The mapping
collection is a collection of AbtClassElementMapping.
- name
- Returns the name of the mapping collection.
- name: aName
- Sets the name, aName, of the mapping collection.
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