Class PropertyTypeImpl

    • Method Detail

      • getName

        public Name getName()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyType
        The name of the property type.

        Note that this is not the same name as Property.getName(), which is the name of the instance of the type, not the type itself.

        The returned name is a qualified name made up of two parts. The first a namespace uri (Name.getNamespaceURI(), and the second a local part (Name.getLocalPart().

        This value is never null.

        Specified by:
        getName in interface PropertyType
        Returns:
        The name of the property type.
      • getBinding

        public Class<?> getBinding()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyType
        The java class that values of properties of the property type are bound to.

        This value is never null.

        Specified by:
        getBinding in interface PropertyType
        Returns:
        The binding of the property type.
      • isAbstract

        public boolean isAbstract()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyType
        Flag indicating if the type is abstract or not.
        Specified by:
        isAbstract in interface PropertyType
        Returns:
        true if the type is abstract, otherwise false.
      • getRestrictions

        public List<Filter> getRestrictions()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyType
        List of restrictions used define valid values for properties of this property type.

        Each restriction is a Filter object in which the property is passed through. If Filter.evaluate(Object) returns true the restriction is met. If false is returned then the restriction has not been met and the property should be considered invalid. Remember to check getSuper().getRestrictions() as well.

        This method returns an empty set in the case of no restrictions and should not return null.

        Specified by:
        getRestrictions in interface PropertyType
        Returns:
        List used to validate allowable values.
      • getSuper

        public PropertyType getSuper()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyType
        The parent type of the property type.

        This method returns null if no super type is defined.

        The super type may contain additional restrictions to be considered against properties of the the property type.

        Specified by:
        getSuper in interface PropertyType
        Returns:
        The parent or super type, or null.
      • getUserData

        public Map<Object,​Object> getUserData()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyType
        A map of "user data" which enables applications to store "application-specific" information against a property type.

        As an example, consider an application that builds a PropertyType from an xml schema. A useful bit of information to attach to the PropertyType is the original schema itself, in whatever construct it might be stored in:

         
         XSDComplexTypeDefinition complexTypeDef = ...;
         PropertyType type = buildPropertyType( complexTypeDef );
        
         type.getUserData().put( XSDComplexTypeDefintion.class, complexTypeDef );
         
         
        Specified by:
        getUserData in interface PropertyType
        Returns:
        A map of user data.