Package org.openjdk.jmc.common.item

Interface IType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - class of the objects that the type is used for

All Superinterfaces:

IDescribable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContentType, KindOfQuantity, LinearKindOfQuantity, RangeContentType, StructContentType

public interface IType<T>
extends IDescribable

A type for objects of class T. They may have properties that can be accessed by using member accessors. If so, then items of the same type are expected to share the same behavior when accessed by accessors.

Analogous to Class in the Java type system.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<M> IMemberAccessor<M,T>	getAccessor(IAccessorKey<M> attribute)	Internal low-level mechanism for retrieving a member accessor for a type, or null if not available.
Map<IAccessorKey<?>,? extends IDescribable>	getAccessorKeys()	Get keys for the accessors that this type knows of.
List<IAttribute<?>>	getAttributes()	Deprecated.
String	getIdentifier()	String identifying the type.
boolean	hasAttribute(ICanonicalAccessorFactory<?> attribute)	Tell if attribute can return an accessor for this type.

Methods inherited from interface org.openjdk.jmc.common.IDescribable

getDescription, getName

Method Detail

getAttributes

@Deprecated
List<IAttribute<?>> getAttributes()

Deprecated.

getAccessorKeys

Map<IAccessorKey<?>,? extends IDescribable> getAccessorKeys()

Get keys for the accessors that this type knows of. Note that the returned accessors does not necessarily cover all possible data from the items of this type, and that it is always possible to define additional accessors that get or calculate values from the items in non-standard ways.

Should only be used for low level type inspection. Iterators etc. should use a collection of predefined attributes.

Returns:

keys for the accessors defined for this type

hasAttribute

boolean hasAttribute(ICanonicalAccessorFactory<?> attribute)

Tell if attribute can return an accessor for this type. This method is semantically equivalent to attribute.getAccessor(type) != null, but may be cheaper.

Parameters:

attribute - attribute to check

Returns:

true if the attribute can return an accessor for this type, false if not

getAccessor

<M> IMemberAccessor<M,T> getAccessor(IAccessorKey<M> attribute)

Internal low-level mechanism for retrieving a member accessor for a type, or null if not available.

This is only intended to be used by implementors of IAccessorFactory. All other usage should be replaced with ICanonicalAccessorFactory.getAccessor(IType) call to pre-defined accessors.

Type Parameters:

M - accessor value type

Parameters:

attribute - the identifier for the field

Returns:

a member accessor

getIdentifier

String getIdentifier()

String identifying the type. It must never be localized and it should only contain characters that are safe to use in various configuration files, e.g. in XML.

Returns:

type identifier