pl.edu.agh.cast.model.mapper
Class AbstractMappable

java.lang.Object
  pl.edu.agh.cast.model.mapper.AbstractMappable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Mappable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DataSet, Entity, Model, Relation

@Mapping
public abstract class AbstractMappable
extends Object
implements Mappable, Serializable, Cloneable

Default implementation of the Mappable interface. The implementation should be exactly same in all implementing classes. Custom implementation is needed only if class implementing Mappable cannot extend AbstractMappable.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String

id The general id of the mappable - this value is viewable by users and is designed for the data identification.

Constructor Summary

AbstractMappable()

Method Summary

AbstractMappable	clone() This method makes a shallow copy of the object.
Object	getAttribute(String name) Get value of attribute with given name.
String[]	getAttributeNames() Return all mapped attributes names.
Class	getAttributeType(String name) Returns the type of the attribute with given name.
String	getId() Domain specific id of the object.
long	getMid() The base model id of the object.
String	getType() The mapped type of the object.
void	setAttribute(String name, Object value) Sets the value of the attribute with given name.
void	setId(String id) Domain specific id setter.
void	setMid(long mid) Base model id setter.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

id

protected String id

The general id of the mappable - this value is viewable by users and is designed for the data identification. E.g. for phone number the id would be the value of the phone number (i.e. "123-456-789").

Constructor Detail

AbstractMappable

public AbstractMappable()

Method Detail

getId

@MapAttribute(typeName="mappableId")
public String getId()

Domain specific id of the object.

Specified by:

getId in interface Mappable

Returns:

The id of the object.

See Also:

Mappable.getId()

setId

public void setId(String id)

Domain specific id setter.

Specified by:

setId in interface Mappable

Parameters:

id - The id to set.

See Also:

Mappable.setId(java.lang.String)

getMid

public final long getMid()

The base model id of the object.

Specified by:

getMid in interface Mappable

Returns:

Base model id.

See Also:

Mappable.getMid()

setMid

public final void setMid(long mid)

Base model id setter.

Specified by:

setMid in interface Mappable

Parameters:

mid - to set.

See Also:

Mappable.setMid(long)

getAttribute

public final Object getAttribute(String name)

Get value of attribute with given name.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface Mappable

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

Returns:

the value of the attribute

setAttribute

public final void setAttribute(String name,
                               Object value)

Sets the value of the attribute with given name.

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface Mappable

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

value - The value of the attribute.

See Also:

Mappable.setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)

getAttributeType

public final Class getAttributeType(String name)

Returns the type of the attribute with given name.

Specified by:

getAttributeType in interface Mappable

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

Returns:

The type (class) of the attribute.

See Also:

Mappable.getAttributeType(java.lang.String)

getAttributeNames

public final String[] getAttributeNames()

Return all mapped attributes names.

Specified by:

getAttributeNames in interface Mappable

Returns:

Array of attribute names

getType

public String getType()

The mapped type of the object.

Specified by:

getType in interface Mappable

Returns:

The type.

See Also:

Mappable.getType()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

clone

public AbstractMappable clone()

This method makes a shallow copy of the object. Subclasses may override, to break the referential integrity.

Specified by:

clone in interface Mappable

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

copy of the mappable