/*
    *  Copyright (c) 2008 Rodrigo Ruiz
    *
    *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
    *
    *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    *
   *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   *  limitations under the License.
   */
  package org.apache.axis.message.addressing;
  
  import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
  import javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement;
  
  import org.apache.axis.description.TypeDesc;
  import org.apache.axis.encoding.Deserializer;
  import org.apache.axis.encoding.Serializer;
  import org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanDeserializer;
  import org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanSerializer;
  import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  
  /**
   * Java content class for ReferencePropertiesType complex type.
   * <p>
   * The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within
   * this java content object. (defined at
   * http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing line 62)
   * <p>
   *
   * <pre>
   * &lt;complexType name=&quot;ReferencePropertiesType&quot;&gt;
   *   &lt;complexContent&gt;
   *     &lt;restriction base=&quot;{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType&quot;&gt;
   *       &lt;sequence&gt;
   *         &lt;any/&gt;
   *       &lt;/sequence&gt;
   *     &lt;/restriction&gt;
   *   &lt;/complexContent&gt;
   * &lt;/complexType&gt;
   * </pre>
   *
   * @author Davanum Srinivas
   * @author Rodrigo Ruiz
   * @version $Revision: 14 $
   */
  public class MetaDataType extends AnyContentTypeList {
  
    /**
     * <code>serialVersionUID</code> attribute.
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6805124334123876433L;
  
    /**
     * Type meta-data.
     */
    private static final TypeDesc TYPE_DESC = new TypeDesc(ReferencePropertiesType.class,
      true);
  
    static {
      String ns = Constants.NS_URI_ADDRESSING_DEFAULT;
      TYPE_DESC.setXmlType(new QName(ns, "MetaDataType"));
    }
  
    /**
     * Parses an XML element node and extracts an instance of this class.
     *
     * @param element Element to parse
     * @return Resulting instance
     */
    public static MetaDataType fromElement(Element element) {
      MetaDataType metaData = new MetaDataType();
      fromElement(metaData, element);
      return metaData;
    }
  
    /**
     * Parses a SOAP element and extracts an instance of this class.
     *
     * @param element Element to parse
     * @return Resulting instance
     */
    public static MetaDataType fromSOAPElement(SOAPElement element) {
      MetaDataType metaData = new MetaDataType();
      fromSOAPElement(metaData, element);
      return metaData;
    }
  
    /**
     * Gets a custom Deserializer.
     *
     * @param mType not used
     * @param jType Java type
     * @param xType XML type
    * @return A Deserializer instance
    */
   public static Deserializer getDeserializer(String mType, Class<?> jType, QName xType) {
     return new BeanDeserializer(jType, xType, TYPE_DESC);
   }
 
   /**
    * Gets a  custom Serializer.
    *
    * @param mType not used
    * @param jType Java type
    * @param xType XML type
    * @return A Serializer instance
    */
   public static Serializer getSerializer(String mType, Class<?> jType, QName xType) {
     return new BeanSerializer(jType, xType, TYPE_DESC);
   }
 
   /**
    * Return the type description object.
    *
    * @return Type type description for this class
    */
   public static TypeDesc getTypeDesc() {
     return TYPE_DESC;
   }
 
   /**
    * Creates a new instance.
    */
   public MetaDataType() {
   }
 
   /**
    * Creates a new instance (performs shallow copy).
    *
    * @param metaData Meta-data to copy
    */
   public MetaDataType(MetaDataType metaData) {
     super(metaData, false);
   }
 
   /**
    * Creates a new instance, performing a shallow or deep copy of another
    * instance.
    *
    * @param metaData Meta-data to copy
    * @param deepCopy Whether to perform a shallow or deep copy
    */
   public MetaDataType(MetaDataType metaData, boolean deepCopy) {
     super(metaData, deepCopy);
   }
 
   /**
    * Creates a new instance and adds the specified object as an XML element.
    *
    * @param element Item to add
    */
   public MetaDataType(Object element) {
     super(element);
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
   public void append(Element parent) {
     append(parent, Constants.METADATA);
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return super.toString("Metadata");
   }
 
 }