pl.edu.agh.cast.data.model.property
Class Property<T extends MetaProperty>

java.lang.Object
  pl.edu.agh.cast.data.model.property.Property<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of {@link MetaProperty) describing the property

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CustomProperty, PermanentProperty, TransientProperty

public abstract class Property<T extends MetaProperty>
extends Object
implements Serializable

Abstract property of IElement and IDataSet.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

Property(T metaProperty) Initializes property with MetaProperty which describes it.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object other)
T	getMetaProperty() Returns MetaProperty describing this property.
abstract Object	getValue() Returns property value.
int	hashCode()
protected boolean	isValidValue(Object value) Checks if a value can be assigned to this property.
abstract void	setValue(Object value) Sets property value.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Property

protected Property(T metaProperty)

Initializes property with MetaProperty which describes it.

Parameters:

metaProperty - meta-property describing this property

Method Detail

getValue

public abstract Object getValue()

Returns property value.

Returns:

the value of the property

setValue

public abstract void setValue(Object value)

Sets property value.

Parameters:

value - value to set

Throws:

PropertyException - if this property cannot be modified (check MetaProperty.isWritable()) or if the value type is invalid for this property

getMetaProperty

public T getMetaProperty()

Returns MetaProperty describing this property.

Returns:

meta-property describing this property

isValidValue

protected boolean isValidValue(Object value)

Checks if a value can be assigned to this property.

Parameters:

value - the value object to check

Returns:

true if the value can be assigned to this property

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

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()