/// <summary>
/// This creates a <c>Scanner</c> object that can be used to
/// examine the fields within the XML class schema. The scanner
/// maintains information when a field from within the scanner is
/// visited, this allows the serialization and deserialization
/// process to determine if all required XML annotations are used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">
/// the schema class the scanner is created for
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// a scanner that can maintains information on the type
/// </returns>
public Scanner GetInstance(Class type) {
Scanner schema = cache.get(type);
if(schema == null) {
schema = new Scanner(type);
cache.put(type, schema);
}
return schema;
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor for the <c>Schema</c> object. This is used
/// to wrap the element and attribute XML annotations scanned from
/// a class schema. The schema tracks all fields visited so that
/// a converter can determine if all fields have been serialized.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="schema">
/// this contains all labels scanned from the class
/// </param>
/// <param name="context">
/// this is the context object for serialization
/// </param>
public ClassSchema(Scanner schema, Context context) {
this.attributes = schema.getAttributes(context);
this.elements = schema.getElements(context);
this.caller = schema.getCaller(context);
this.factory = schema.Creator;
this.revision = schema.Revision;
this.decorator = schema.Decorator;
this.primitive = schema.IsPrimitive();
this.version = schema.Version;
this.text = schema.Text;
this.type = schema.Type;
}