com.bea.content.expression
Class PropertyRef

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.bea.p13n.expression.internal.ComplexExpressionImpl
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        +--com.bea.p13n.expression.operator.Operator
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              +--com.bea.content.expression.PropertyRef

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Expression, ExpressionEvents, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

RequestPropertyRef, SessionPropertyRef, UserPropertyRef

public class PropertyRef

extends Operator

An operator that represents a reference to a property.

This base class is used in the left-hand-side of content query expression to reference a content property.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.bea.p13n.expression.ExpressionEvents

EVENT_ADD_SUBEXPRESSION, EVENT_CLEAR_CACHE, EVENT_INTERNAL_MAX, EVENT_REMOVE_SUBEXPRESSION, EVENT_SET_CACHE_ENABLED, EVENT_SET_CACHED_VALUE, EVENT_SET_PARENT, EVENT_SET_SOURCE, EVENT_SET_SUBEXPRESSION, EVENT_SET_USER_DATA

Constructor Summary

PropertyRef(Object propName)
Constructor.

PropertyRef(Object propSet, Object propName)
Constructor.

PropertyRef(PropertyRef propertyRef)
Constructor.

Method Summary

Object	getPropertyName() Get the property name.
Object	getPropertySet() Get the property set.
String	getPropertyType() Return the type of property this refers to.

Methods inherited from class com.bea.p13n.expression.operator.Operator

leftHandSide, operand, rightHandSide

Methods inherited from class com.bea.p13n.expression.internal.ComplexExpressionImpl

addListener, addSubExpression, clearCache, clone, createProxyExpression, equals, getCachedValue, getParent, getSource, getSubExpression, getSubExpressionCount, getUserData, hashCode, isCached, isCacheEnabled, isEqualitySubExpression, notifyListeners, removeAllSubExpressions, removeListener, removeSubExpression, removeSubExpression, setCachedValue, setCacheEnabled, setParent, setSource, setSubExpression, setUserData, toString, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PropertyRef

public PropertyRef(Object propSet,
                   Object propName)

Constructor.

Parameters:

propSet - the property set name.

propName - the property name.

PropertyRef

public PropertyRef(PropertyRef propertyRef)

Constructor.

Parameters:

propertyRef - the property ref to copy

PropertyRef

public PropertyRef(Object propName)

Constructor.

Parameters:

propName - the property name.

Method Detail

getPropertySet

public Object getPropertySet()

Get the property set.

getPropertyName

public Object getPropertyName()

Get the property name.

getPropertyType

public String getPropertyType()

Return the type of property this refers to.

This should correspond to a valid propertySetType in the PropertySetManager, but does not have to. The pre-defined values are "CONTENT", "USER", "REQUEST", "SESSION", and "EVENT".