oracle.jbo.server
Class NamedObjectImpl

java.lang.Object
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  +--oracle.jbo.common.BaseObject
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        +--oracle.jbo.server.NamedObjectImpl

Direct Known Subclasses:

ComponentObjectImpl, oracle.jbo.server.DefObject

public abstract class NamedObjectImpl

extends BaseObject

The base class for all business objects.

Since:

JDevloper 3.0

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	mFullName
protected java.lang.String	mName
protected NamedObjectImpl	mParent
protected java.util.Hashtable	mProperties

Fields inherited from class oracle.jbo.common.BaseObject

TRACE_EVERY_ALLOC, TRACE_NONE, TRACE_OCCASIONAL, TRACE_UNINITIALIZED

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.
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.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String hintName, java.lang.Object hintValue) Adds or changes a property.

Methods inherited from class oracle.jbo.common.BaseObject

dumpState, setTraceLevel, setTraceWriter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

mProperties

protected java.util.Hashtable mProperties

mName

protected java.lang.String mName

mParent

protected NamedObjectImpl mParent

mFullName

protected java.lang.String mFullName

Constructor Detail

NamedObjectImpl

protected NamedObjectImpl()

Method Detail

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.

getParent

public NamedObjectImpl getParent()

Gets this object's parent.

Returns:

the named object that is this object's parent.

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.