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## org.apache.cayenne.map
Class EntityDescriptorFactory

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.cayenne.map.EntityDescriptorFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:
  ClassDescriptorFactory

    public class EntityDescriptorFactory

extends java.lang.Object
implements ClassDescriptorFactory

A caching descriptor factory that creates ClassDescriptors based on Cayenne mapping information.

Synchronization note: This implementation is NOT synchronized, and requires external synchronization if used in a multi-threaded environment.

Since:
  1.2
Author:
  Andrus Adamchik

Field Summary
`protected java.util.Map` | `classDescriptors`
`protected EntityResolver` | `resolver`

Constructor Summary
`EntityDescriptorFactory(EntityResolver resolver)`

Method Summary
`protected EntityDescriptor` | `createDescriptor(java.lang.String entityName)` Creates a new descriptor that is not compiled.
`ClassDescriptor` | `getDescriptor(java.lang.String entityName)` Returns a ClassDescriptor instance for a given symbolic entity name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### resolver

    protected EntityResolver resolver

### classDescriptors

    protected java.util.Map classDescriptors

Constructor Detail

### EntityDescriptorFactory

    public EntityDescriptorFactory(EntityResolver resolver)

Method Detail

### getDescriptor

    public ClassDescriptor getDescriptor(java.lang.String entityName)

  Description copied from interface: `ClassDescriptorFactory`
  Returns a ClassDescriptor instance for a given symbolic entity name.

  Specified by:
    `getDescriptor` in interface `ClassDescriptorFactory`

### createDescriptor

    protected EntityDescriptor createDescriptor(java.lang.String entityName)

  Creates a new descriptor that is not compiled. Compilation is intentionally deferred until after the descriptor is cached, as it triggers creation of related entity descriptors and may result in an endless loop.

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