Hi Glen,

I can't give a precise reply but I can tell you that the ClassDescriptor
is shared between the xml side and the jdo side so it contains all
fields that are relevant on both sides. 

Arnaud

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 2:33 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [castor-dev] org.exolab.castor.mapping.ClassDescriptor
interface
> methods
> 
> Hi
> I was wondering if there were reasons that a couple of methods were
not
> available in the ClassDescriptor interface: depends and identities.
> Currently there is no way to know if an object is a dependent object
> unless
> I use the implementation :(. There may be a good reason for this, so I
> would
> be curious to know. Identity is available, but identities are not.
This
> means that if I have a composite
> key I can only get the first part of the composite in the current
> implementation. Another option here would be for identity to return
the
> String as contained in the mapping file and I parse it. Again I am
> currently
> having to use the implementation here :( As both of these are
> defined in the xml I assume (rightly or wrongly) that exposing these
would
> not cause issues.
> 
> Glen Edwards
> Elm Square Interactive/Exit41
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