oracle.jbo.common
Class NamedObjectImpl

java.lang.Object
oracle.jbo.common.NamedObjectImpl

Direct Known Subclasses:

oracle.jbo.mom.DefinitionObject, NamedObjectImpl

public class NamedObjectImpl

extends java.lang.Object

The base class for all business objects.

Since:

JDevloper 3.0

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	mFullName
protected java.lang.String	mObjName
protected NamedObjectImpl	mParent
protected com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap	mProperties

Constructor Summary

protected

NamedObjectImpl()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getFullName() Gets this object's fully-qualified name.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this object.
NamedObjectImpl	getParent() Gets this object's parent.
java.util.Hashtable	getProperties() Gets this object's properties.
java.lang.String[]	getPropertiesAsStrings() Gets this object's properties and presents them as a string array.
com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap	getPropertiesMap() Gets this object's properties.
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String hintName) Retrieves the specified property, if it exists.
java.lang.Object	refreshProperty(java.lang.String hintName) Retrieves the specified property, if it exists.
void	setFullName(java.lang.String name) Give this object a fully-qualified name.
protected void	setName(java.lang.String name) Name this object.
protected void	setParent(NamedObjectImpl parent) Sets this object's parent.
protected void	setPropertiesMap(com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap ht) Replaces all properties.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String hintName, java.lang.Object hintValue) Adds or changes a property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

mProperties

protected com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap mProperties

mObjName

protected java.lang.String mObjName

mParent

protected NamedObjectImpl mParent

mFullName

protected java.lang.String mFullName

Constructor Detail

NamedObjectImpl

protected NamedObjectImpl()

Method Detail

setName

protected void setName(java.lang.String name)

Name this object.

Parameters:

name - the name to be given to this object.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this object.

Returns:

the name given to this object.

setFullName

public void setFullName(java.lang.String name)

Give this object a fully-qualified name.

Parameters:

name - this object's fully-qualified name; the package name concatenated with the class name.

getFullName

public java.lang.String getFullName()

Gets this object's fully-qualified name.

Returns:

this object's fully-qualified name; the package name concatenated with the class name.

setParent

protected void setParent(NamedObjectImpl parent)

Sets this object's parent.

Parameters:

parent - the named object that is to be the parent of this object.

getParent

public NamedObjectImpl getParent()

Gets this object's parent.

Returns:

the named object that is this object's parent.

getPropertiesMap

public com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap getPropertiesMap()

Gets this object's properties. return an empty hashtable if no propertes are set into this object.

Returns:

a hash table of properties.

getProperties

public java.util.Hashtable getProperties()

Gets this object's properties. return an empty hashtable if no propertes are set into this object.

Returns:

a hash table of properties.

getPropertiesAsStrings

public java.lang.String[] getPropertiesAsStrings()

Gets this object's properties and presents them as a string array.

Returns:

key-value pairs in a one-dimensional string array, in which keys and values are interleaved: the nth property's key is at index 2n and its value at index 2n + 1.

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String hintName)

Retrieves the specified property, if it exists.

Parameters:

hintName - a string to be used as a hash table key.

Returns:

the value associated with hintName, if any, otherwise null.

refreshProperty

public java.lang.Object refreshProperty(java.lang.String hintName)

Retrieves the specified property, if it exists. If the application running in a 3 tier environment, it retrieves the property from the middle-tier server, refreshing the value on the client side. If the application is running in a 2 tier environment, it is equivalent to getProperty.

Parameters:

hintName - Property name.

Returns:

the value of the property, if any, otherwise null.

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String hintName,
                        java.lang.Object hintValue)

Adds or changes a property.

Parameters:

hintName - a string to be used as a hash table key.

hintValue - an object to be associated with key.

setPropertiesMap

protected void setPropertiesMap(com.sun.java.util.collections.HashMap ht)

Replaces all properties.

All existing properties are lost.

Parameters:

ht - a hash table of properties.