Package com.bc.ceres.binding

Class Property

java.lang.Object

com.bc.ceres.binding.Property

public class Property
extends Object

A property is composed of a PropertyDescriptor (static type description) and an PropertyAccessor (dynamic value assignment). The Property interface is a realisation of the Value Object design pattern. Most of the time, properties are used as part of a PropertyContainer.

Since:

0.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Property(PropertyDescriptor descriptor, PropertyAccessor accessor)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)
static Property	create(String name, Class<?> type)
static <T> Property	create(String name, Class<? extends T> type, T defaultValue, boolean notNull)
static Property	create(String name, Object value)
static Property	createForField(Object object, String name)
static Property	createForField(Object object, String name, Object value)
static Property	createForMapEntry(Map<String,Object> map, String name, Class<?> type)
static Property	createForMapEntry(Map<String,Object> map, String name, Class<?> type, Object value)
PropertyContainer	getContainer()
PropertyDescriptor	getDescriptor()
String	getName()
Class<?>	getType()
Validator	getValidator()
<T> T	getValue()
String	getValueAsText()
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)
void	setContainer(PropertyContainer container)
void	setValue(Object value)
void	setValueFromText(String text)
String	toString()
void	validate(Object value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Property

public Property(PropertyDescriptor descriptor,
 PropertyAccessor accessor)

Method Details

create

public static Property create(String name,
 Class<?> type)

create

public static Property create(String name,
 Object value)

create

public static <T> Property create(String name,
 Class<? extends T> type,
 T defaultValue,
 boolean notNull)

createForField

public static Property createForField(Object object,
 String name)

createForField

public static Property createForField(Object object,
 String name,
 Object value)

createForMapEntry

public static Property createForMapEntry(Map<String,Object> map,
 String name,
 Class<?> type)

createForMapEntry

public static Property createForMapEntry(Map<String,Object> map,
 String name,
 Class<?> type,
 Object value)

getDescriptor

public PropertyDescriptor getDescriptor()

getContainer

public PropertyContainer getContainer()

setContainer

public void setContainer(PropertyContainer container)

getValidator

public Validator getValidator()

getValueAsText

public String getValueAsText()

setValueFromText

public void setValueFromText(String text)
                      throws ValidationException

Throws:

ValidationException

getName

public String getName()

getType

public Class<?> getType()

getValue

public <T> T getValue()

setValue

public void setValue(Object value)
              throws ValidationException

Throws:

ValidationException

validate

public void validate(Object value)
              throws ValidationException

Throws:

ValidationException

addPropertyChangeListener

public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)

removePropertyChangeListener

public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object