atg.beans
Interface DynamicBeanInfo

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

RepositoryItemDescriptor, SecuredRepositoryItemDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

GSAItemDescriptor, ItemDescriptorImpl, SimpleDynamicBeanInfo

public interface DynamicBeanInfo
extends java.io.Serializable

This interface is used to describe a set of dynamic properties that occur together and have consistent behavior and semantics, analogous to a Class.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

CLASS_VERSION

Method Summary

boolean	areInstances(DynamicBeanInfo pDynamicBeanInfo) Returns true if all objects described by some DynamicBeanInfo are also described by this one.
DynamicBeanDescriptor	getBeanDescriptor() Returns the DynamicBeanDescriptor for this DynamicBeanInfo.
DynamicPropertyDescriptor	getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String pPropertyName) Returns the PropertyDescriptor for the specified property
DynamicPropertyDescriptor[]	getPropertyDescriptors() Returns the DynamicPropertyDescriptors for this DynamicBeanInfo.
java.lang.String[]	getPropertyNames() Returns the list of the names of the known properties
boolean	hasProperty(java.lang.String pPropertyName) Returns true if this DynamicBeanInfo supports the given property
boolean	isInstance(java.lang.Object pObj) Returns true if the given object belongs to the set of dynamic beans described by this DynamicBeanInfo.

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

static final java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getBeanDescriptor

DynamicBeanDescriptor getBeanDescriptor()

Returns the DynamicBeanDescriptor for this DynamicBeanInfo.

getPropertyDescriptors

DynamicPropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors()

Returns the DynamicPropertyDescriptors for this DynamicBeanInfo.

hasProperty

boolean hasProperty(java.lang.String pPropertyName)

Returns true if this DynamicBeanInfo supports the given property

Parameters:

pPropertyName - the name of the property

getPropertyNames

java.lang.String[] getPropertyNames()

Returns the list of the names of the known properties

getPropertyDescriptor

DynamicPropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String pPropertyName)

Returns the PropertyDescriptor for the specified property

Parameters:

pPropertyName - the name of the property

Returns:

null if the DynamicBeanInfo has no such property.

isInstance

boolean isInstance(java.lang.Object pObj)

Returns true if the given object belongs to the set of dynamic beans described by this DynamicBeanInfo. The definition of this set is variable and is determined by the DynamicBeanInfo; however, all objects described by the same DynamicBeanInfo will generally have the same set of dynamic properties with the same behavior and semantics, and the same meta-behavior such as readability, writability, etc.

areInstances

boolean areInstances(DynamicBeanInfo pDynamicBeanInfo)

Returns true if all objects described by some DynamicBeanInfo are also described by this one.