nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection
Class AbstractProperty

java.lang.Object
  nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection.AbstractProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

Property

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanProperty, FieldProperty

public abstract class AbstractProperty
extends java.lang.Object
implements Property

A default Property implementation that provides a standard way to handle composite values.

(c) copyright 2002-2005-2004 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.
See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl
License of use: Lesser General Public License (LGPL) , no warranty.

Since:

1.5

Version:

1.1 Apr 15, 2004

Author:

Niels Lang Peter Jacobs

Constructor Summary

AbstractProperty()

Method Summary

java.lang.Class	getComponentType() Returns the type of the collection components contained in this Property.
boolean	isCollection() Returns true when the contained value is either an array, or an instance of {see java.util.Collection}, i.e.
protected abstract void	setRegularValue(java.lang.Object value) Method used to set a regular (i.e.
void	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Basic 'setValue' implementation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface nl.tudelft.simulation.introspection.Property

getInstance, getName, getType, getValue, isEditable

Constructor Detail

AbstractProperty

public AbstractProperty()

Method Detail

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

Basic 'setValue' implementation. It is checked whether this property contains a composite value. If so, the composite value of this property is updated. Composite values are expected to be supplied as a {see java.util.Collection}. If needed, array conversion takes place. If the property is not composite, the value-setting is delegated to the 'setRegularValue' method.

Specified by:

setValue in interface Property

Parameters:

value - The new value of this property.

See Also:

Property.setValue(java.lang.Object)

setRegularValue

protected abstract void setRegularValue(java.lang.Object value)

Method used to set a regular (i.e. not-composite) property value.

Parameters:

value - the new value

isCollection

public boolean isCollection()

Returns true when the contained value is either an array, or an instance of {see java.util.Collection}, i.e. is a property with composite value.

Specified by:

isCollection in interface Property

Returns:

true, if the contained value is a collection, false otherwise.

See Also:

Property.isCollection()

getComponentType

public java.lang.Class getComponentType()

Description copied from interface: Property

Returns the type of the collection components contained in this Property.

Specified by:

getComponentType in interface 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.

See Also:

Property.getComponentType()