org.faktorips.runtime.model.type

Class Attribute

java.lang.Object

org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.ModelElement

org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.TypePart

org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.Attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

IModelElement, IModelTypeAttribute

Direct Known Subclasses:

PolicyAttribute, ProductAttribute

public abstract class Attribute
extends TypePart
implements IModelTypeAttribute

A Attribute represents an attribute from a PolicyCmptType or a ProductCmptType.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.faktorips.runtime.modeltype.IModelTypeAttribute

IModelTypeAttribute.AttributeType, IModelTypeAttribute.ValueSetType

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Attribute(Type type, IpsAttribute attributeAnnotation, IpsExtensionProperties extensionProperties, Class<?> datatype, boolean changingOverTime)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Attribute	createOverwritingAttributeFor(Type subType) Creates an attribute model for a sub type in which this attribute is overwritten.
AttributeKind	getAttributeKind() Returns the possible kinds of this attribute.
IModelTypeAttribute.AttributeType	getAttributeType() Deprecated. Use getAttributeKind()
Class<?>	getDatatype() Returns the data type of this attribute.
protected Object	getRelevantProductObject(IProductComponent productComponent, Calendar effectiveDate)
Attribute	getSuperAttribute() Returns the attribute that is overridden by this attribute if this attribute overrides another one.
ValueSetKind	getValueSetKind() Returns the ValueSetKind of this attribute.
IModelTypeAttribute.ValueSetType	getValueSetType() Deprecated. Use getValueSetKind()
boolean	isChangingOverTime() Returns true if this attribute is changing over time.
boolean	isOverriding() Returns true if this attribute overrides another attribute.
abstract boolean	isProductRelevant() Returns true if this attribute is configured by the product.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.TypePart

getMessageHelper, getMessageKey, getModelType, getType, getTypeName

Methods inherited from class org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.ModelElement

createMessageHelper, getDescription, getDocumentation, getExtensionPropertyIds, getExtensionPropertyValue, getLabel, getName, getRelevantProductObject, invokeField, invokeMethod

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.faktorips.runtime.modeltype.IModelTypeAttribute

getModelType

Methods inherited from interface org.faktorips.runtime.modeltype.IModelElement

getDescription, getExtensionPropertyIds, getExtensionPropertyValue, getLabel, getName

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(Type type,
                 IpsAttribute attributeAnnotation,
                 IpsExtensionProperties extensionProperties,
                 Class<?> datatype,
                 boolean changingOverTime)

Method Detail

isChangingOverTime

public boolean isChangingOverTime()

Returns true if this attribute is changing over time. For product attribute that means the attribute resides in the generation. For policy attributes the optional product configuration resides in the generation.

Specified by:

isChangingOverTime in interface IModelTypeAttribute

Returns:

true if the attribute is changing over time, false if not

isProductRelevant

public abstract boolean isProductRelevant()

Returns true if this attribute is configured by the product. Product attributes are always product relevant.

Specified by:

isProductRelevant in interface IModelTypeAttribute

Returns:

true if this attribute is configured by the product, false if not

getDatatype

public Class<?> getDatatype()

Returns the data type of this attribute.

Specified by:

getDatatype in interface IModelTypeAttribute

Returns:

the attribute's datatype Class

getAttributeKind

public AttributeKind getAttributeKind()

Returns the possible kinds of this attribute.

Returns:

the kind of attribute

getAttributeType

@Deprecated
public IModelTypeAttribute.AttributeType getAttributeType()

Deprecated. Use getAttributeKind()

Specified by:

getAttributeType in interface IModelTypeAttribute

Returns:

the type of this attribute.

getValueSetKind

public ValueSetKind getValueSetKind()

Returns the ValueSetKind of this attribute.

Returns:

the kind of value set restricting this attribute

getValueSetType

@Deprecated
public IModelTypeAttribute.ValueSetType getValueSetType()

Deprecated. Use getValueSetKind()

Returns the type of value set restricting this attribute

Specified by:

getValueSetType in interface IModelTypeAttribute

isOverriding

public boolean isOverriding()

Returns true if this attribute overrides another attribute. That means a supertype declares an attribute with the same name.

Returns:

true if this attribute overrides another, false if not

See Also:

getSuperAttribute()

getSuperAttribute

public Attribute getSuperAttribute()

Returns the attribute that is overridden by this attribute if this attribute overrides another one. Otherwise returns null.

Returns:

The attribute that is overridden by this attribute.

See Also:

isOverriding()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class ModelElement

createOverwritingAttributeFor

public abstract Attribute createOverwritingAttributeFor(Type subType)

Creates an attribute model for a sub type in which this attribute is overwritten. This is necessary to retrieve information contained in the class annotation such as labels if no getter is generated for the overwritten attribute in the sub class.

Parameters:

subType - a model type representing a sub type of this attribute's model type

Returns:

a Attribute for the given sub model type

getRelevantProductObject

protected Object getRelevantProductObject(IProductComponent productComponent,
                                          Calendar effectiveDate)