mobi.mtld.da

Class Property

java.lang.Object

mobi.mtld.da.Property

public class Property
extends java.lang.Object

Contains a property value. The value can be fetched as a generic Object or one of the convenience asXXXX methods can be used to get the value in a specific type.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Property(java.lang.Object value, byte dataTypeId) Create a new Property with a value and data type.
Property(java.lang.Object value, byte dataTypeId, boolean isCollectionOfValues) Create a new Property with a value and data type.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	asBoolean() Get the value of the property as a boolean.
int	asInteger() Get the value of the property as an int.
java.util.Set	asSet() Gets a set of possible values for this property.
java.lang.String	asString() Get the value of the property as a String.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Check if another object is equal to this object.
java.lang.String	getDataType() Get the data type name for values associated with this Property
byte	getDataTypeId() Get the data type ID for values associated with this Property
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString() Get the value of the property as a String.
java.lang.Object	value() Get the value Object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Property

public Property(java.lang.Object value,
        byte dataTypeId)

Create a new Property with a value and data type.

Parameters:

value - The value to store

dataTypeId - The type of the value to store. Data typess are defined in class DataType.

Property

public Property(java.lang.Object value,
        byte dataTypeId,
        boolean isCollectionOfValues)

Create a new Property with a value and data type.

Parameters:

value - The value to store

dataTypeId - The type of the value to store. Data typess are defined in class DataType.

isCollectionOfValues - Indicates if the Property will contain a single value or multiple values

Method Detail

getDataTypeId

public byte getDataTypeId()

Get the data type ID for values associated with this Property

Returns:

The ID of the data type

getDataType

public java.lang.String getDataType()

Get the data type name for values associated with this Property

Returns:

The name of the data type

value

public java.lang.Object value()

Get the value Object. This needs to be cast to the appropriate type such as Integer to be used. E.g. Integer value = (Integer)property.value();

Returns:

The raw Object value.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Get the value of the property as a String. Alias for asString() . If a property has multiple possible values then the values are concatenated with a comma.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

The String value of the property

asString

public java.lang.String asString()

Get the value of the property as a String. Alias for toString() .

Returns:

The String value of the property

asBoolean

public boolean asBoolean()
                  throws IncorrectPropertyTypeException

Get the value of the property as a boolean.

Returns:

The boolean value of the property

Throws:

IncorrectPropertyTypeException - Thrown if the type of the value is not a DataType.BOOLEAN

asInteger

public int asInteger()
              throws IncorrectPropertyTypeException

Get the value of the property as an int.

Returns:

The integer value of the property.

Throws:

IncorrectPropertyTypeException - Thrown if the type of the value is not compatible with a DataType.INTEGER

asSet

public java.util.Set asSet()

Gets a set of possible values for this property. This is typically only used when it is known that a given property name can have multiple possible values. All items in the set will have the same data tyoe.

Returns:

A set of values.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Check if another object is equal to this object. It must have the same interface, data type and value.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - object to be compared against

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object