foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/org/eclipse/persistence/oxm/XMLNameTransformer.java

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 *     Denise Smith - EclipseLink 2.3 - Initial Implementation
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package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm;

/**
 * Interface used when converting from XML to Java names.
 */
public interface XMLNameTransformer {
	/**
	 * Method called when creating a simpletype or complextype from a class
	 * @param name - The fully qualified class name as taken from theClass.getName()
	 */
	public String transformTypeName(String name);
	
	/**
	 * Method called when creating an element from a Java field or method
	 * @param name - unmodified field name or if this was from a getter or setter method 
	 * the "get" or "set" will be automatically removed and the first letter will be made lowercase
	 * 
	 * Example: if the method getFirstName was annotated with @XmlElement the name passed in to this method would be "firstName"
	 */
	public String transformElementName(String name);
	
	/**
     * Method called when creating an attribute from a Java field
	 * @param name - attribute name from the class
	 */
	public String transformAttributeName(String name);
	
	/**
	 * Method called when creating a simpletype or complextype from a class
	 * @param name - The fully qualified class name as taken from theClass.getName()
	 */
	public String transformRootElementName(String name);	

}