public final class PropertyInfo
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable
Object2Dom
to hold metadata about a persistent property. Classes outside of the oracle.ide.marshal.xml
package should create new instances of this class using the PropertyInfoFactory
.Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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int |
compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
The implementation of this method allows a collection of
PropertyInfo objects to be sorted lexicographically by the XML name. |
boolean |
equals(java.lang.Object o) |
java.lang.Class |
getPropertyClass()
Returns the type of the property as a
Class object. |
java.lang.Object |
getPropertyValue(java.lang.Object owningObject)
Invokes the getter method using
owningObject as the object on which the getter is called. |
java.lang.String |
getXMLName()
Returns the XML name of the property.
|
boolean |
isAttribute()
Returns
true if this property is to be saved as an attribute rather than a separate XML element. |
boolean |
isOmittedWhenNull()
Returns
true if this property should be omitted from the XML when the value is null. |
void |
setPropertyValue(java.lang.Object owningObject, java.lang.Object value)
Invokes the setter method using
owningObject as the object on which the setter is called, and value as the value passed to the setter. |
public java.lang.String getXMLName()
public java.lang.Class getPropertyClass()
Class
object.public java.lang.Object getPropertyValue(java.lang.Object owningObject)
owningObject
as the object on which the getter is called. This method will return null
if any exception occurs while invoking the getter method.public void setPropertyValue(java.lang.Object owningObject, java.lang.Object value) throws java.lang.Exception
owningObject
as the object on which the setter is called, and value
as the value passed to the setter. This method will return without doing anything if any exception occurs while invoking the setter method.java.lang.Exception
public boolean isAttribute()
true
if this property is to be saved as an attribute rather than a separate XML element.public boolean isOmittedWhenNull()
true
if this property should be omitted from the XML when the value is null.public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
PropertyInfo
objects to be sorted lexicographically by the XML name.compareTo
in interface java.lang.Comparable
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)
equals
in class java.lang.Object