Package org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.read

Class PartDescriptor<T extends ModelElement>

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 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

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.
String	getName()
void	setName(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PartDescriptor

public PartDescriptor()

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

setName

public void setName(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