org.databene.model.data
Class Entity

java.lang.Object
  org.databene.model.data.Entity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Composite<java.lang.Object>

public class Entity
extends java.lang.Object
implements Composite<java.lang.Object>

Instance of a composite data type as described by a ComplexTypeDescriptor.

Created: 20.08.2007 19:20:22

Since:

0.3

Author:

Volker Bergmann

Constructor Summary

Entity(ComplexTypeDescriptor descriptor, java.lang.Object... componentKeyValuePairs)

Entity(Entity prototype)

Entity(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object... componentKeyValuePairs)

Method Summary

boolean	componentIsSet(java.lang.String componentName)
ComplexTypeDescriptor	descriptor()
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String componentName) Allows for generic 'map-like' access to component values, e.g. by FreeMarker.
java.lang.Object	getComponent(java.lang.String componentName)
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getComponents()
int	hashCode()
void	remove(java.lang.String componentName)
void	removeComponent(java.lang.String componentName)
void	set(java.lang.String componentName, java.lang.Object component)
void	setComponent(java.lang.String componentName, java.lang.Object component)
java.lang.String	toString()
java.lang.String	type()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Entity

public Entity(java.lang.String name,
              java.lang.Object... componentKeyValuePairs)

Entity

public Entity(ComplexTypeDescriptor descriptor,
              java.lang.Object... componentKeyValuePairs)

Parameters:

descriptor - the name of the entity, it may be null

componentKeyValuePairs -

Entity

public Entity(Entity prototype)

Method Detail

type

public java.lang.String type()

descriptor

public ComplexTypeDescriptor descriptor()

get

public java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String componentName)

Allows for generic 'map-like' access to component values, e.g. by FreeMarker.

Parameters:

componentName - the name of the component whose value to return.

Returns:

the value of the specified component.

Since:

0.4.0

getComponent

public java.lang.Object getComponent(java.lang.String componentName)

Specified by:

getComponent in interface Composite<java.lang.Object>

componentIsSet

public boolean componentIsSet(java.lang.String componentName)

getComponents

public java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getComponents()

Specified by:

getComponents in interface Composite<java.lang.Object>

set

public void set(java.lang.String componentName,
                java.lang.Object component)

setComponent

public void setComponent(java.lang.String componentName,
                         java.lang.Object component)

Specified by:

setComponent in interface Composite<java.lang.Object>

remove

public void remove(java.lang.String componentName)

removeComponent

public void removeComponent(java.lang.String componentName)

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object