org.faktorips.runtime.modeltype

Interface IModelElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

IModelType, IModelTypeAssociation, IModelTypeAttribute

All Known Implementing Classes:

Association, Attribute, ConstantPolicyAttribute, DefaultPolicyAttribute, EnumAttribute, EnumType, ModelElement, PolicyAssociation, PolicyAttribute, PolicyCmptType, ProductAssociation, ProductAttribute, ProductCmptType, TableColumn, TableStructure, TableUsage, Type, TypePart

Deprecated.

Use ModelElement directly. Will be removed in Faktor-IPS 3.20+

@Deprecated
public interface IModelElement

Base Interface for all model elements.

Author:

Daniel Hohenberger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDescription(Locale locale) Deprecated. Returns the description for this model element in the specified locale.
Set<String>	getExtensionPropertyIds() Deprecated.
Object	getExtensionPropertyValue(String propertyId) Deprecated. Returns the value for the given extension property identified by the specified id.
String	getLabel(Locale locale) Deprecated. Returns the label for this model element in the specified locale.
String	getName() Deprecated.

Method Detail

getExtensionPropertyValue

Object getExtensionPropertyValue(String propertyId)

Deprecated.

Returns the value for the given extension property identified by the specified id.

Note: At the moment only String is supported as extension property value. This methods returns Object for future changes.

Returns:

the value of the extension property defined by the given propertyId or null if the extension property's isNull attribute is true

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if no such property exists

getExtensionPropertyIds

Set<String> getExtensionPropertyIds()

Deprecated.

Returns:

a set of the extension property ids defined for this element

getName

String getName()

Deprecated.

Returns:

the qualified IPS object name

getLabel

String getLabel(Locale locale)

Deprecated.

Returns the label for this model element in the specified locale. If there is no label in the specified locale, it tries to find the label in the default locale. If there is also no label in the default locale the element's name is returned.

Returns:

the label for the given locale or the element's name if no label exists for the given locale nor in the default locale

getDescription

String getDescription(Locale locale)

Deprecated.

Returns the description for this model element in the specified locale. If there is no description in the specified locale, it tries to find the description in the default locale. If there is also no description in the default locale it returns the empty string.

Returns:

the description for the given locale or an empty string if no description exists for the given locale