commonj.sdo
Interface Type

All Known Subinterfaces:

EType

All Known Implementing Classes:

ETypeImpl

public interface Type

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

Method Summary

java.lang.Class	getInstanceClass() Returns the Java class that this type represents.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the type.
java.util.List	getProperties() Returns the list of the properties of this type.
Property	getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName) Returns from all the properties of this type, the one with the specified name.
java.lang.String	getURI() Returns the namespace URI of the type.
boolean	isInstance(java.lang.Object object) Returns whether the specified object is an instance of this type.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the type.

Returns:

the type name.

getURI

java.lang.String getURI()

Returns the namespace URI of the type.

Returns:

the namespace URI.

getInstanceClass

java.lang.Class getInstanceClass()

Returns the Java class that this type represents.

Returns:

the Java class.

isInstance

boolean isInstance(java.lang.Object object)

Returns whether the specified object is an instance of this type.

Parameters:

object - the object in question.

Returns:

true if the object is an instance.

See Also:

Class.isInstance(java.lang.Object)

getProperties

java.util.List getProperties()

Returns the list of the properties of this type.

The expression

   type.getProperties().indexOf(property)

yields the property's index relative to this type. As such, these expressions are equivalent:

    dataObject.get(i)
    dataObject.get((Property)dataObject.getType().getProperties().get(i));

Returns:

the properties of the type.

See Also:

Property.getContainingType()

getProperty

Property getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)

Returns from all the properties of this type, the one with the specified name. As such, these expressions are equivalent:

    dataObject.get("name")
    dataObject.get(dataObject.getType().getProperty("name"))

Returns:

the property with the specified name.

See Also:

getProperties()