PartDescriptor (org.faktorips.runtime 22.6.0-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.read.PartDescriptor<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractAssociationDescriptor, AbstractAttributeDescriptor, TableUsageCollector.TableUsageDescriptor, ValidationRuleDescriptor
```
public abstract class PartDescriptor<T extends ModelElement>
extends java.lang.Object
```
A descriptor for a part which type is specified by the generic type T.
To be totally type safe we would need to specify the generic subtype of Type. But this leads to much more generic overhead for little use.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PartDescriptor()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract T`	`create(ModelElement parentElement)`	Is called by the collector to create a part of type T using the previously collected information.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`
`void`	`setName(java.lang.String name)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PartDescriptor
```
public PartDescriptor()
```
- Method Detail
  - getName
```
public java.lang.String getName()
```
  - setName
```
public void setName(java.lang.String name)
```
  - create
```
public abstract T create(ModelElement parentElement)
```
    Is called by the collector to create a part of type T using the previously collected information.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parentElement - The parent of the part that should be created
    
    Returns:
    
    The newly created part