Class AbstractComplexEMFBinding

    • Constructor Detail

      • AbstractComplexEMFBinding

        public AbstractComplexEMFBinding()
        Default constructor.

        Creating the binding with this constructor will force it to perform a noop in the parse(ElementInstance, Node, Object) method.

      • AbstractComplexEMFBinding

        public AbstractComplexEMFBinding​(EFactory factory)
        Constructs the binding with an efactory.
        Parameters:
        factory - Factory used to create model objects.
      • AbstractComplexEMFBinding

        public AbstractComplexEMFBinding​(EFactory factory,
                                         Class type)
        Constructs the binding with an efactory and a type.
        Parameters:
        factory - Factory used to create model objects.
    • Method Detail

      • getType

        public Class<?> getType()
        Dynamically tries to determine the type of the object using emf naming conventions and the name returned by Binding.getTarget().

        This implementation is a heuristic and is not guaranteed to work. Subclasses may override to provide the type explicitly.

        Returns:
        The java type this binding maps to.
      • parse

        public Object parse​(ElementInstance instance,
                            Node node,
                            Object value)
                     throws Exception
        Uses EMF reflection to create an instance of the EMF model object this binding maps to.

        The properties of the resulting object are set using the the contents of node. In the case that the name of a child element or attributes does not match the name of a property on the object, subclasses may wish to extend this method and set the property explicitly.

        Specified by:
        parse in interface ComplexBinding
        Overrides:
        parse in class AbstractComplexBinding
        Parameters:
        instance - The element being parsed.
        node - The node in the parse tree representing the element being parsed.
        value - The result of the parse from another strategy in the type hierarchy. Could be null if this is the first strategy being executed.
        Returns:
        The parsed object, or null if the component could not be parsed.
        Throws:
        Exception - Strategy objects should not attempt to handle any exceptions.
      • createEObject

        protected EObject createEObject​(Object value)
                                 throws Exception
        Reflectively creates an instance of the target object.
        Throws:
        Exception
      • setProperty

        protected void setProperty​(EObject eObject,
                                   String property,
                                   Object value,
                                   boolean lax)
        Internal method for reflectively setting the property of an eobject.

        Subclasses may override.

      • getProperty

        public Object getProperty​(Object object,
                                  QName name)
                           throws Exception
        Uses EMF reflection dynamically return the property with the specified name.

        In the case that the name of a child element or attributes does not match the name of a property on the object, subclasses may wish to extend this method and set the property explicitly.

        Specified by:
        getProperty in interface ComplexBinding
        Overrides:
        getProperty in class AbstractComplexBinding
        Parameters:
        object - The object being encoded.
        name - The name of the property to obtain.
        Returns:
        The value of the property, or null.
        Throws:
        Exception
        See Also:
        ComplexBinding.getProperty(Object, QName)