ArchiveDescriptorFactory (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractArchiveDescriptorFactory, StandardArchiveDescriptorFactory
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public interface ArchiveDescriptorFactory
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Contract for building ArchiveDescriptor instances.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ArchiveDescriptor`	`buildArchiveDescriptor(URL url)`	Build a descriptor of the archive indicated by the given url
`ArchiveDescriptor`	`buildArchiveDescriptor(URL url, String path)`	Build a descriptor of the archive indicated by the path relative to the given url
`URL`	`getJarURLFromURLEntry(URL url, String entry)`	Given a URL which defines an entry within a JAR (really any "bundled archive" such as a jar file, zip, etc) and an entry within that JAR, find the URL to the JAR itself.

- Method Detail
  - buildArchiveDescriptor
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ArchiveDescriptor buildArchiveDescriptor(URL url)
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    Build a descriptor of the archive indicated by the given url
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The url to the archive
    
    Returns:
    
    The descriptor
  - buildArchiveDescriptor
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ArchiveDescriptor buildArchiveDescriptor(URL url,
                                         String path)
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    Build a descriptor of the archive indicated by the path relative to the given url
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The url to the archive
    
    path - The path within the given url that refers to the archive
    
    Returns:
    
    The descriptor
  - getJarURLFromURLEntry
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URL getJarURLFromURLEntry(URL url,
                          String entry)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException
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    Given a URL which defines an entry within a JAR (really any "bundled archive" such as a jar file, zip, etc) and an entry within that JAR, find the URL to the JAR itself.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The URL to an entry within a JAR
    
    entry - The entry that described the thing referred to by the URL relative to the JAR
    
    Returns:
    
    The URL to the JAR
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - Generally indicates a problem with malformed urls.