pl.edu.agh.cast.data.model.property
Class MetaProperty

java.lang.Object
  pl.edu.agh.cast.data.model.property.MetaProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

MetaPermanentProperty, MetaTransientProperty

public class MetaProperty
extends Object
implements Serializable

Meta property is a class for describing IElements' and IDataSets' Property'ies.

Meta property introduces name by which property is identifiable in MetaPropertyManager and type - one of that defined by PropertyType. writable flag indicates if property can be modified after it's creation and at last matchable flag says if the property is taken into account during comparison of objects using IPropertyContainer#match(IPropertyContainer) method. More details about this method you find in it's javadoc.

The name of the property has to follow the following rules:

• it has to be in UPPER CASE
• it cannot have any whitespaces

Author:

AGH CAST Team

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MetaProperty(String name, PropertyType type, boolean writable, boolean matchable)
Creates new meta property.

MetaProperty(String name, String displayName, PropertyType type, boolean writable, boolean matchable)
Creates new meta property.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) Returns true if given object is of type MetaProperty and has equal name, type, writable and matchable flags.
String	getDisplayName() Returns the property display name (ex.
String	getName() Returns the property name (always in UPPER CASE).
PropertyType	getType() Returns the property type.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isMatchable() Checks if property is matchable.
boolean	isWritable() Checks if the property is writable (may be modified).
void	setDisplayName(String displayName) Sets the property display name.
void	setWritable(boolean writable) Sets the writable flag.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetaProperty

public MetaProperty(String name,
                    PropertyType type,
                    boolean writable,
                    boolean matchable)

Creates new meta property.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property

type - the type of property value

writable - whether the value may be set/changed

matchable - the matchable flag

MetaProperty

public MetaProperty(String name,
                    String displayName,
                    PropertyType type,
                    boolean writable,
                    boolean matchable)

Creates new meta property.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property

displayName - the display name of the property

type - the type of property value

writable - whether the value may be set/changed

matchable - the matchable flag

Method Detail

isWritable

public final boolean isWritable()

Checks if the property is writable (may be modified).

Returns:

the writable flag

setWritable

public void setWritable(boolean writable)

Sets the writable flag.

Parameters:

writable - the writable flag to set

getName

public final String getName()

Returns the property name (always in UPPER CASE).

Returns:

the property name

getDisplayName

public final String getDisplayName()

Returns the property display name (ex. localized).

Returns:

the property display name

setDisplayName

public final void setDisplayName(String displayName)

Sets the property display name.

Parameters:

displayName - the property display name

getType

public final PropertyType getType()

Returns the property type.

Returns:

the property type

isMatchable

public boolean isMatchable()

Checks if property is matchable.

Returns:

the matchable flag

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Returns true if given object is of type MetaProperty and has equal name, type, writable and matchable flags.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()