org.apache.bval.model
Class MetaProperty

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.bval.model.FeaturesCapable
      org.apache.bval.model.MetaProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Features.Property

public class MetaProperty
extends FeaturesCapable
implements Cloneable, Features.Property

Description: the meta description of a property of a bean. It supports a map of features and multiple validations.

See Also:

Validation, MetaBean, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.bval.model.Features.Property

DEFAULT_VALUE, DENIED, ENUM, HIDDEN, JAVASCRIPT_VALIDATION_FUNCTIONS, MANDATORY, MAX_LENGTH, MAX_VALUE, MIN_LENGTH, MIN_VALUE, PREFERRED, READONLY, REF_BEAN_ID, REF_BEAN_TYPE, REF_CASCADE, REG_EXP, TIME_LAG, UNIQUE_KEY

Constructor Summary

MetaProperty()
Create a new MetaProperty instance.

Method Summary

MetaProperty	clone()
String[]	getJavaScriptValidations() Deprecated.
MetaBean	getMetaBean() Get the metabean of the target bean (mainly for relationships).
String	getName() Get the name of this property.
MetaBean	getParentMetaBean() Get the metabean that owns this property (set by MetaBean.putProperty())
Type	getType() Get the type of this property.
Class<?>	getTypeClass() Resolve the type of this property to a class.
boolean	isMandatory() Learn whether this property is considered mandatory.
boolean	isRelationship() Learn whether this property is considered a relationship.
void	setMandatory(boolean mandatory) Set this property as being mandatory (or not).
void	setMetaBean(MetaBean metaBean) Set the MetaBean of this MetaProperty.
void	setName(String name) Set the name of this property.
(package private) void	setParentMetaBean(MetaBean parentMetaBean) Set the metabean that owns this property (usually called by MetaBean.putProperty())
void	setType(Type type) Set the type of this property.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.bval.model.FeaturesCapable

addValidation, copy, copyInto, createFeaturesMap, getFeature, getFeature, getFeatures, getValidations, hasValidation, optimizeRead, putFeature, setValidations

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetaProperty

public MetaProperty()

Create a new MetaProperty instance.

Method Detail

getMetaBean

public MetaBean getMetaBean()

Get the metabean of the target bean (mainly for relationships).

Returns:

MetaBean (may be null).

setMetaBean

public void setMetaBean(MetaBean metaBean)

Set the MetaBean of this MetaProperty.

Parameters:

metaBean - to set

getParentMetaBean

public MetaBean getParentMetaBean()

Get the metabean that owns this property (set by MetaBean.putProperty())

Returns:

setParentMetaBean

void setParentMetaBean(MetaBean parentMetaBean)

Set the metabean that owns this property (usually called by MetaBean.putProperty())

Parameters:

parentMetaBean -

isRelationship

public boolean isRelationship()

Learn whether this property is considered a relationship.

Returns:

true if it has a MetaBean of its own

setType

public void setType(Type type)

Set the type of this property.

Parameters:

type - to set

getType

public Type getType()

Get the type of this property.

Returns:

getTypeClass

public Class<?> getTypeClass()

Resolve the type of this property to a class.

Returns:

Class, null if cannot be determined

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of this property.

Returns:

String

isMandatory

public boolean isMandatory()

Learn whether this property is considered mandatory.

Returns:

true if the MANDATORY feature is set to true.

See Also:

Features.Property#MANDATORY}

setMandatory

public void setMandatory(boolean mandatory)

Set this property as being mandatory (or not).

Parameters:

mandatory -

See Also:

Features.Property#MANDATORY}

getJavaScriptValidations

@Deprecated
public String[] getJavaScriptValidations()

Deprecated.

Get javascript validations of this property.

Returns:

String[]

setName

public void setName(String name)

Set the name of this property.

Parameters:

name - to set

clone

public MetaProperty clone()
                   throws CloneNotSupportedException

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object