com.edorasware.commons.core.entity

Class PropertyName<V>

java.lang.Object

com.edorasware.commons.core.entity.PropertyName<V>

All Implemented Interfaces:

DefinitionValueAccessor<V>

public class PropertyName<V>
extends Object
implements DefinitionValueAccessor<V>

Supports type-aware creation of Property instances and access of Property instances on DomainObjectDefinitions. For each PropertyName instance, a custom value converter can be set that knows how to serialize/deserialize a given property value to/from a string.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PropertyName<String>	create(String name) Creates a new PropertyName instance.
static <V> PropertyName<V>	create(String name, ValueConverter<V,String> valueConverter) Creates a new PropertyName instance, configured with the given value converter.
String	getName() Returns the value name.
ValueConverter<V,String>	getValueConverter() Returns the value converter for this accessor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: DefinitionValueAccessor

Returns the value name.

Specified by:

getName in interface DefinitionValueAccessor<V>

Returns:

the value name

getValueConverter

public ValueConverter<V,String> getValueConverter()

Description copied from interface: DefinitionValueAccessor

Returns the value converter for this accessor.

Specified by:

getValueConverter in interface DefinitionValueAccessor<V>

Returns:

the value converter

create

public static PropertyName<String> create(String name)

Creates a new PropertyName instance. No value conversion takes place between transient and persisted value.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property

Returns:

the new instance

create

public static <V> PropertyName<V> create(String name,
                                         ValueConverter<V,String> valueConverter)

Creates a new PropertyName instance, configured with the given value converter.

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the property

Parameters:

name - the name of the property

valueConverter - the value converter of the property

Returns:

the new instance