oracle.jbo
Interface Properties

All Known Subinterfaces:

ApplicationModule, AttributeDef, ComponentObject, RowSet, ViewLink, ViewObject, ViewObjectDynAttr, WSRowSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApplicationModuleImpl, ApplicationModuleImpl, AttributeDefHelper, AttributeDefImpl, AttributeDefImpl, ComponentObjectImpl, ComponentUsageImpl, DomainAttributeDef, PropertiesHelper, ViewLinkImpl, ViewLinkImpl, ViewObjectImpl, ViewRowSetImpl, ViewUsageImpl, WSApplicationModuleImpl, WSAttributeDefImpl, WSComponentObjectImpl, WSRowSetImpl, WSViewLinkImpl, WSViewObjectImpl

public interface Properties

Provides access to custom name-value pairs stored in an object's metadata definition.

Since:

JDeveloper 3.0

Method Summary

java.util.Hashtable	getProperties() Gets the table of 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.

Method Detail

getProperty

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

Retrieves the specified property, if it exists.

Parameters:

hintName - Property name.

Returns:

the value of the property, 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.

getProperties

public java.util.Hashtable getProperties()

Gets the table of properties.

Returns:

a hashtable of properties.