com.bea.p13n.http
Interface SerializableSession

All Superinterfaces

ConfigurableEntity, javax.servlet.http.HttpSession, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Session

public interface SerializableSession
extends javax.servlet.http.HttpSession, ConfigurableEntity, Serializable

An HttpSession which also serves as a ConfigurableEntity, and can be Serialized.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.bea.p13n.property.ConfigurableEntity

RESERVED_PROPERTY_SET

Method Summary

Object	getProperty(String propertySet, String propertyName) Retrieve the value that was persisted for this entity for the given property, within the given property set.
Object	getProperty(String propertySet, String propertyName, Object defaultValue) Provided as convenience method so client code can still provide a default value
String	getPropertyAsString(String propertySet, String propertyName) Convenience method to return a property as a String.
Object	getPropertyNoDefault(String propertySet, String propertyName) Retrieve the value associated with the named key in the specified property set, but does not return a default value from the property's PropertyDefinition if a value was not persisted for this entity.

Methods inherited from interface javax.servlet.http.HttpSession

getAttribute, getAttributeNames, getCreationTime, getId, getLastAccessedTime, getMaxInactiveInterval, getServletContext, getSessionContext, getValue, getValueNames, invalidate, isNew, putValue, removeAttribute, removeValue, setAttribute, setMaxInactiveInterval

Methods inherited from interface com.bea.p13n.property.ConfigurableEntity

getJndiName, getPkString, getUniqueId, removeProperty, setProperty

Method Detail

getProperty

Object getProperty(String propertySet,
                   String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: ConfigurableEntity

Retrieve the value that was persisted for this entity for the given property, within the given property set. If the entity does not have a value persisted for this property, the default value from the property set will be returned.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface ConfigurableEntity

Parameters

propertySet - The name of the property set to look in

propertyName - The name of the property to retrieve.

Returns

the value for this property, or null if all searches failed

getPropertyAsString

String getPropertyAsString(String propertySet,
                           String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: ConfigurableEntity

Convenience method to return a property as a String.

Specified by:

getPropertyAsString in interface ConfigurableEntity

Parameters

propertySet - The name of the property set to look in

propertyName - The name of the property to retrieve.

Returns

the value for this property as a String, or null if all searches failed

getPropertyNoDefault

Object getPropertyNoDefault(String propertySet,
                            String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: ConfigurableEntity

Retrieve the value associated with the named key in the specified property set, but does not return a default value from the property's PropertyDefinition if a value was not persisted for this entity. This method is used by the implementation of the getProperty methods so that the search in the successor hierarchy does not return a default value from the Schema.

Specified by:

getPropertyNoDefault in interface ConfigurableEntity

Parameters

propertySet - The name of the property set

propertyName - The name of the property to retrieve.

Returns

the value for this property, or null if all searches failed

getProperty

Object getProperty(String propertySet,
                   String propertyName,
                   Object defaultValue)

Provided as convenience method so client code can still provide a default value