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Interface Property

All Known Subinterfaces:

EProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

EPropertyImpl

public interface Property

A representation of a property in the type of a data object.

Method Summary

Type	getContainingType() Returns the containing type of this property.
java.lang.Object	getDefault() Returns the default value this property will have in a data object where the property hasn't been set.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the property.
Type	getType() Returns the type of the property.
boolean	isContainment() Returns whether the property is containment, i.e., whether it represents by-value composition.
boolean	isMany() Returns whether the property is many-valued.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the property.

Returns:

the property name.

getType

Type getType()

Returns the type of the property.

Returns:

the type.

isMany

boolean isMany()

Returns whether the property is many-valued.

Returns:

true if the property is many-valued.

isContainment

boolean isContainment()

Returns whether the property is containment, i.e., whether it represents by-value composition.

Returns:

true if the property is containment.

getContainingType

Type getContainingType()

Returns the containing type of this property.

Returns:

the property's containing type.

See Also:

Type.getProperties()

getDefault

java.lang.Object getDefault()

Returns the default value this property will have in a data object where the property hasn't been set.

Returns:

the default value.