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Interface IProperty

All Known Subinterfaces:

IMutableProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

MutableProperty, Property

public interface IProperty

This interface provides read-only access to a property of a resource. A property has a name (IPropertyName), data type (PropertyType), value(s), atttributes, a definition (IPropertyDef) and a description.

See Also:

IPropertyName, PropertyType, IPropertyDef, IMutableProperty

Method Summary

String	getAttribute(String name) Get the value of an attribute
Properties	getAttributes() Returns a collection of attributes
boolean	getBooleanValue() Get the property value if the type is PropertyType.BOOLEAN
Date	getDateValue() Get the property value if the type is PropertyType.DATE
String	getDescription() Returns the description of the property
String	getDescription(IResourceContext context)
int	getIntValue() Get the property value if the type is PropertyType.INTEGER
long	getLongIntValue() Get the property value if the type is PropertyType.LONG
IMutableProperty	getMutable() Returns a copy of this propertry that can be modified
IPropertyDef	getPropertyDef() Get a reference to the proeprty definition.
IPropertyName	getPropertyName() Returns the property name
String	getStringValue() Get the property value if the type is String
PropertyType	getType() Return the property's data type
Object	getValue() Returns the property value as a Object if this is not a multi-valued property.
String	getValueAsString() Get the property value converted to a string.
List	getValues() Returns the property values if this is a multi-valued property.
boolean	isMultivalued() Returns true if the property is multi-valued

Method Detail

getPropertyName

public IPropertyName getPropertyName()

Returns the property name

Returns:

A property name object

getType

public PropertyType getType()

Return the property's data type

Returns:

A property type constant

isMultivalued

public boolean isMultivalued()

Returns true if the property is multi-valued

Returns:

multivalued

getPropertyDef

public IPropertyDef getPropertyDef()

Get a reference to the proeprty definition.

Returns:

The property definition

getValueAsString

public String getValueAsString()

Get the property value converted to a string.

Returns:

A String

getBooleanValue

public boolean getBooleanValue()

Get the property value if the type is PropertyType.BOOLEAN

Returns:

The value

getIntValue

public int getIntValue()

Get the property value if the type is PropertyType.INTEGER

Returns:

The value

getLongIntValue

public long getLongIntValue()

Get the property value if the type is PropertyType.LONG

Returns:

The value

getDateValue

public Date getDateValue()

Get the property value if the type is PropertyType.DATE

Returns:

The value

getStringValue

public String getStringValue()

Get the property value if the type is String

Returns:

The value

getValues

public List getValues()
               throws ResourceException

Returns the property values if this is a multi-valued property.

Returns:

An unmodifiable List of value objects (String, Date, Integer, Long, Boolean, XMLMarkup)

Throws:

ResourceException

getValue

public Object getValue()
                throws ResourceException

Returns the property value as a Object if this is not a multi-valued property.

Returns:

The value object (String, Date, Integer, Long, Boolean, XMLMarkup)

Throws:

ResourceException

getMutable

public IMutableProperty getMutable()

Returns a copy of this propertry that can be modified

Returns:

A mutable property instance

getAttribute

public String getAttribute(String name)
                    throws ResourceException

Get the value of an attribute

Parameters:

name - Attribute name

Returns:

The value, ot null if the name does not exist

Throws:

ResourceException

getAttributes

public Properties getAttributes()
                         throws ResourceException

Returns a collection of attributes

Returns:

The attributes

Throws:

ResourceException

getDescription

public String getDescription()
                      throws WcmException

Returns the description of the property

Returns:

description

Throws:

WcmException - Exception raised in failure situation

getDescription

public String getDescription(IResourceContext context)
                      throws WcmException

Throws:

WcmException