All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProperty, BeanProperty, FieldProperty
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public interface Property
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A property defines a characteristic of an object. It has a name, a type and provides methods to view and alter its value. Different introspection implementation may provide different definitions for what exactly are regarded to be the 'properties' of an object.
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Since:

1.5

Author:

Peter Jacobs , Alexander Verbraeck, Niels Lang.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<?>`	`getComponentType()`	Returns the type of the collection components contained in this Property.
`ComposedTypeEnum`	`getComposedType()`	Returns the collection type of the contained value (i.e.
`Object`	`getInstance()`	Retrieves the introspected object, which contains this Property.
`String`	`getName()`	Retrieves the name of the property.
`Class<?>`	`getType()`	Returns the type of this property's value.
`Object`	`getValue()`	Returns the current value of this property.
`boolean`	`isEditable()`	Returns whether the value of this property may be altered.
`void`	`setValue(Object value)`	Set the value of this property.

- Method Detail
  - getName
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String getName()
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    Retrieves the name of the property.
    
    Returns:
    
    The name of the property
  - getType
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Class<?> getType()
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    Returns the type of this property's value.
    
    Returns:
    
    A {see java.lang.Class}instance denoting the type of this property.
  - isEditable
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boolean isEditable()
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    Returns whether the value of this property may be altered.
    
    Returns:
    
    'True', when this property's value can be altered, 'false' otherwise.
  - setValue
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void setValue(Object value)
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    Set the value of this property. However, if isEditable() returns 'false', the value of this property will not be altered. Composite property values (i.e. {see java.util.Collection}or arrays) should be provided as an instance of {see java.util.Collection}.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - Object; The new value of this property.
  - getValue
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Object getValue()
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    Returns the current value of this property.
    
    Returns:
    
    The current value of this property.
  - getInstance
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Object getInstance()
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    Retrieves the introspected object, which contains this Property.
    
    Returns:
    
    the instance
  - getComposedType
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ComposedTypeEnum getComposedType()
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    Returns the collection type of the contained value (i.e. a composite value). The definition whether a value is considered composite depends on the property paradigm used by this Property.
    
    Returns:
    
    the CollectionTypeEnum of this Property.
  - getComponentType
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Class<?> getComponentType()
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    Returns the type of the collection components contained in this Property.
    
    Returns:
    
    The type of the collection components contained in this Property. Returns null when isCollection() returns false, or when the component type could not be determined by this Property.

Interface Property

Method Summary

Method Detail

getName

getType

isEditable

setValue

getValue

getInstance

getComposedType

getComponentType