XMLClassDescriptor and XMLFieldDescriptor by Introspection

How are class and field descriptors generated by introspection (in current Castor)?

A XMLClassDescriptor instance is created fro every class that has no known standard descriptor.

Attribute	Filled with
class	the class for which mapping is described by this descriptor
xmlName	the XML name; either generated from the class name or given a construction
attributes	depending on NodeType of field descriptor
elements	depending on NodeType of field descriptor
contentDescriptor	depending on NodeType of field descriptor
extends	a descriptor of a super class is put into the extends attribute and the field descriptors are added from the super class descriptor!

Fields are either accessibly attributes or special methods (getter, setter, ...) of the class.

Attribute	Filled with
fieldName	the name of the field (taken from the class it is contained)
fieldType	the Class of the field; might be set to Object.class
xmlName	XML name to use for the field
nodeType	the node type to use; default is attribute
matches	the xmlName is added to the list of matches used to find matches for XML names
isWild	indicates that this field is also used for *; isWild is set if the field type is Object.class
multivalued	a flag set to true when the the field is a kind of collection
fieldHandler	a FieldHandler instance is created and set

In case of pure fields:

Attribute	Filled with
field	the Field
fieldType	type of the Field
fieldName	is build from field name and type
immutable	true if type is immutable
default	if type has a defualt value
convertTo	TypeConverter instance
convertFrom	TypeConverter instance
collectionHandler	CollecitonHandler instance

Out fields identified by methods:

Attribute	Filled with
field	not set
setMethod or addMethod	depending on the Method one is filled
enumMethod or getMethod or iterMethod	depending on the Method one is filled
fieldType	identified type
fieldName	is build from fieldName extracted from methods and type
immutable	if field type is immutable
default	depending on the field type
convertTo	TypeConverter instance
convertFrom	TypeConverter instance
collectionHandler	CollecitonHandler instance

For collections and date classes some special additional modifications are performed which maybe need to be look at...