Inheritance diagram for cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport:

Public Member Functions
	PropertyInfoSupport (String name, Class propertyEditorClass)
	PropertyInfoSupport (String name, String displayName)
	PropertyInfoSupport (String name, String displayName, Class propertyEditorClass)
	PropertyInfoSupport (String name, boolean isHidden)
void	setIsCached (Boolean isCached)
void	setIsExpert (boolean isExpert)
void	setIsHidden (boolean isHidden)
void	updatePropertyDescriptor (PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)
String	getName ()
String	getDisplayName ()
Class	getPropertyEditorClass ()
Boolean	isCacheable ()
boolean	isExpert ()
boolean	isHidden ()

Detailed Description

Support class allowing to create instances of PropertyInfo.

See also:: PropertyInfo; cern.gp.beans.editors.support.BeanDependentPropertyEditor

Version:

Revision:: 1.2

Date:: 2006/09/25 08:52:36

Author:: Lionel Mestre

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.PropertyInfoSupport	(	String	name,
		Class	propertyEditorClass
	)

Creates a new PropertyInfoSupport with a given PropertyEditorClass that is non cached, non expert and non hidden. The display name of the property will the name of the property.

Parameters:

	name	the name of the property that `PropertyInfo` object is for
	propertyEditorClass	the class of the property editor for this property

See also:: cern.gp.beans.editors.support.BeanDependentPropertyEditor

cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.PropertyInfoSupport	(	String	name,
		String	displayName
	)

Creates a new PropertyInfoSupport with no PropertyEditor that is non cached, non expert and non hidden. The display name of the property will be the one specified.

Parameters:

	name	the name of the property that `PropertyInfo` object is for
	propertyEditorClass	the class of the property editor for this property

See also:: cern.gp.beans.editors.support.BeanDependentPropertyEditor

cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.PropertyInfoSupport	(	String	name,
		String	displayName,
		Class	propertyEditorClass
	)

Creates a new PropertyInfoSupport with a given PropertyEditorClass that is non cached, non expert and non hidden. The display name of the property will be the one specified.

Parameters:

	name	the name of the property that `PropertyInfo` object is for
	displayName	the display name of the property
	propertyEditorClass	the class of the property editor for this property

See also:: cern.gp.beans.editors.support.BeanDependentPropertyEditor

cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.PropertyInfoSupport	(	String	name,
		boolean	isHidden
	)

Creates a new PropertyInfoSupport with no PropertyEditorClass that is non cached, non expert and hidden or not depending of the given value.

Parameters:

	name	the name of the property that `PropertyInfo` object is for
	isHidden	whether this property is hidden or not

Member Function Documentation

String cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.getDisplayName ( )

Returns the display name of the property

Returns:: the display name of the property

Implements cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfo.

String cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.getName ( )

Returns the name of the property

Returns:: the name of the property

Implements cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfo.

Class cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.getPropertyEditorClass ( )

Gets an explicit PropertyEditor Class for this property. The method will return "null" for indicating that no special editor has been registered, so the PropertyEditorManager should be used to locate a suitable PropertyEditor.

Returns:: An explicit PropertyEditor Class for this property or null.

Implements cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfo.

Boolean cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.isCacheable ( )

Returns a boolean indicating the caching strategy for this property. Three value can be returned :

null : no caching strategy specified, the property inherit from the one defined for the bean or from the default one if the bean does not specified one.
True : the property can be cached. This will override the caching strategy defined at the bean level. It is the responsibility of the bean to send PropertyChangeEvent to update the cached value
False : the property cannot be cached. This will override the caching strategy defined at the bean level.

Returns:: null, True or False depending the caching strategy specified.

Implements cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfo.

Referenced by cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.setIsCached(), and cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.updatePropertyDescriptor().

boolean cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.isExpert ( )

Returns if this property is expert. The "expert" flag is used to distinguish between those features that are intended for expert users from those that are intended for normal users.

Returns:: true if this property is intended for use by experts only

Implements cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfo.

Referenced by cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.updatePropertyDescriptor().

boolean cern.gp.beans.PropertyInfoSupport.isHidden ( )

Returns if this property is hidden. The "hidden" flag is used to identify features that are intended only for tool use, and which should not be exposed to humans.