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oracle.adf.view.rich.model
Class Descriptor

java.lang.Object
oracle.adf.view.rich.model.Descriptor

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseAttributeDescriptor, BaseGroupAttributeDescriptor, GroupAttributeDescriptor

public abstract class Descriptor

extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_DEFAULT

Constructor Summary

Descriptor()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns the description for the attribute.
java.lang.String	getDescriptorType() Returns the default descriptor type of the object.
abstract java.lang.String	getLabel() Returns the label or the display name for the attribute.
abstract java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the attribute or the name of an attribute group .

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_DEFAULT

public static final java.lang.String DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_DEFAULT

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Descriptor

public Descriptor()

Method Detail

getName

public abstract java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the attribute or the name of an attribute group . This differs from getLabel() in AttributeDescriptor in that, the name is purely a programmatic name, not a user-displayed name.

getLabel

public abstract java.lang.String getLabel()

Returns the label or the display name for the attribute. The label is may be used as the prompt for a field (in a form layout), or for a header text (in a table layout).

Returns:

a String

getDescription

public abstract java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns the description for the attribute. This can be used to provide extra information about the attribute. Used in tooltips.

getDescriptorType

public java.lang.String getDescriptorType()

Returns the default descriptor type of the object.

Returns:

String

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