com.googlecode.mjorm

Class ObjectDescriptor

java.lang.Object

com.googlecode.mjorm.ObjectDescriptor

public class ObjectDescriptor
extends java.lang.Object

An object that describes how to convert java objects to and from DBObjects.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectDescriptor()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addPropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor desc) Adds a PropertyDescriptor.
void	addSubClassObjectDescriptor(java.lang.Object discriminator, ObjectDescriptor descriptor) Adds a sub ObjectDescriptor for the given discriminator.
java.lang.String	getDiscriminatorName()
java.lang.String	getDiscriminatorType()
PropertyDescriptor[]	getProperties()
PropertyDescriptor	getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String propertyName) Returns the PropertyDescriptor for the given propertyName.
ObjectDescriptor	getSubClassObjectDescriptor(java.lang.Object discriminator) Returns the ObjectDescriptor for the given discriminator
java.lang.Class<?>	getType()
boolean	hasSubClasses() Indicates whether or not this ObjectDescriptor has sub classes that are mapped via a discriminator.
void	setDiscriminatorName(java.lang.String discriminatorName)
void	setDiscriminatorType(java.lang.String discriminatorType)
void	setType(java.lang.Class<?> objectClass)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectDescriptor

public ObjectDescriptor()

Method Detail

getType

public java.lang.Class<?> getType()

Returns:

the type

setType

public void setType(java.lang.Class<?> objectClass)

Parameters:

type - the type to set

getDiscriminatorName

public java.lang.String getDiscriminatorName()

Returns:

the discriminator

setDiscriminatorName

public void setDiscriminatorName(java.lang.String discriminatorName)

Parameters:

discriminator - the discriminator to set

getDiscriminatorType

public java.lang.String getDiscriminatorType()

Returns:

the discriminatorType

setDiscriminatorType

public void setDiscriminatorType(java.lang.String discriminatorType)

Parameters:

discriminatorType - the discriminatorType to set

hasSubClasses

public boolean hasSubClasses()

Indicates whether or not this ObjectDescriptor has sub classes that are mapped via a discriminator.

Returns:

addSubClassObjectDescriptor

public void addSubClassObjectDescriptor(java.lang.Object discriminator,
                               ObjectDescriptor descriptor)

Adds a sub ObjectDescriptor for the given discriminator.

Parameters:

discriminator - the discriminator

descriptor - the descriptor

getSubClassObjectDescriptor

public ObjectDescriptor getSubClassObjectDescriptor(java.lang.Object discriminator)

Returns the ObjectDescriptor for the given discriminator

Parameters:

discriminator - the discriminator

Returns:

the ObjectDescriptor

getPropertyDescriptor

public PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String propertyName)

Returns the PropertyDescriptor for the given propertyName.

Parameters:

propertyName - the name

Returns:

the PropertyDescriptor

getProperties

public PropertyDescriptor[] getProperties()

Returns:

the properties

addPropertyDescriptor

public void addPropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor desc)

Adds a PropertyDescriptor.

Parameters:

desc - the PropertyDescriptor