oracle.binding.metaimpl

Class BaseValueObjectDefinition

java.lang.Object

oracle.binding.metaimpl.BaseValueObjectDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Definition, NamedDefinition, VariableDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseAttributeDefinition

public class BaseValueObjectDefinition
extends java.lang.Object
implements VariableDefinition

A class for holding metadata of variables.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface oracle.binding.meta.Definition

TYPE_ACCESSOR, TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, TYPE_CRITERIA, TYPE_CRITERIA_ITEM, TYPE_CRITERIA_OPERATOR, TYPE_CRITERIA_ROW, TYPE_DATACONTROL, TYPE_DEFINITION, TYPE_DEFINITIONCONTEXT, TYPE_NAMED, TYPE_OPERATION, TYPE_OPERATIONRETURN, TYPE_PARAMETER, TYPE_STRUCTURE, TYPE_VARIABLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BaseValueObjectDefinition(java.lang.String id, Definition parent, java.lang.String bindPath, java.lang.String javaType) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DataControlDefinition	getDataControlDefinition() Returns the definition of the DataControl that the variable belongs to.
Definition	getDefinitionParent() Returns the parent of this metadata definition, which is the Definition that contains this Definition.
int	getDefinitionType() Retrieves the type of the variable.
java.lang.String	getFullName() Returns the full name of this Definition.
java.lang.String	getJavaTypeString() Retrieves the type of the variable.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this Definition.
java.util.Hashtable	getProperties() Gets the table of properties.
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName) Returns the value of the given property name.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object value) Set a property with a value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseValueObjectDefinition

public BaseValueObjectDefinition(java.lang.String id,
                         Definition parent,
                         java.lang.String bindPath,
                         java.lang.String javaType)

Constructor.

Parameters:

id - Name of the variable.

parent - Metadata of the parent structure.

bindPath - Path used to find this object at runtime

javaType - Fully-qualified Java class name of the attribute type.

See Also:

VariableDefinition

Method Detail

getJavaTypeString

public java.lang.String getJavaTypeString()

Retrieves the type of the variable.

Specified by:

getJavaTypeString in interface VariableDefinition

Returns:

The fully qualified Java class name of the variable type.

getDataControlDefinition

public DataControlDefinition getDataControlDefinition()

Returns the definition of the DataControl that the variable belongs to. This method attempts to retrieve the DataControlDefinition from the parent definition.

Specified by:

getDataControlDefinition in interface VariableDefinition

Returns:

The DataControlDefinition of the datacontrol that this variable comes from.

getDefinitionType

public int getDefinitionType()

Retrieves the type of the variable. It can be one of the TYPE_* contants definied in VariableDefinition.

Specified by:

getDefinitionType in interface Definition

Returns:

Always return TYPE_PRIMITIVE.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this Definition.

Specified by:

getName in interface NamedDefinition

Returns:

Name of this Definition.

getDefinitionParent

public Definition getDefinitionParent()

Returns the parent of this metadata definition, which is the Definition that contains this Definition. For example, the parent of an AttributeDefinition could be a StructureDefinition if the attribute is contained in the structure.

Specified by:

getDefinitionParent in interface NamedDefinition

Returns:

The parent Defintion

getFullName

public java.lang.String getFullName()

Returns the full name of this Definition.

Specified by:

getFullName in interface NamedDefinition

Returns:

Full name of this Definition.

getProperty

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

Returns the value of the given property name.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface NamedDefinition

Parameters:

propertyName - Name of property whose value is to be returned.

Returns:

Always return null since this class does not have any property.

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName,
               java.lang.Object value)

Set a property with a value.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property.

value - The value of the property.

getProperties

public java.util.Hashtable getProperties()

Gets the table of properties. This returns a hashtable to ensure any modification done by caller would be synchronized. Note that this API has not been added to the JSR yet.

Specified by:

getProperties in interface NamedDefinition

Returns:

a hashtable of properties.