com.sun.jdo.api.persistence.model.jdo

Class PersistenceElement

java.lang.Object

com.sun.jdo.api.persistence.model.jdo.PersistenceElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

PersistenceElementProperties, Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PersistenceClassElement, PersistenceMemberElement

public abstract class PersistenceElement
extends Object
implements PersistenceElementProperties, Comparable

Version:

%I%

Author:

raccah

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	PersistenceElement.Impl Pluggable implementation of the storage of element properties.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.sun.jdo.api.persistence.model.jdo.PersistenceElementProperties

PROP_CARDINALITY, PROP_COLLECTION_CLASS, PROP_DELETE_ACTION, PROP_ELEMENT_CLASS, PROP_FIELDS, PROP_GROUPS, PROP_IDENTITY, PROP_INVERSE_FIELD, PROP_KEY_CLASS, PROP_KEY_FIELD, PROP_MODIFIED, PROP_NAME, PROP_PERSISTENCE, PROP_PREFETCH, PROP_SENSITIVITY, PROP_UPDATE_ACTION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
	PersistenceElement() Create new PersistenceElement with no implementation.
protected	PersistenceElement(PersistenceElement.Impl impl) Create new PersistenceElement with the provided implementation.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) Add a property change listener.
void	addVetoableChangeListener(VetoableChangeListener l) Add a vetoable change listener.
int	compareTo(Object o) Compares this object with the specified object for order.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Overrides Object's equals method by comparing the name of this persistence element with the name of the argument obj.
PersistenceElement.Impl	getImpl()
protected static ResourceBundle	getMessages()
String	getName() Get the name of this persistence element.
int	hashCode() Overrides Object's hashCode method to return the hashCode of this persistence element's name.
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) Remove a property change listener.
void	removeVetoableChangeListener(VetoableChangeListener l) Remove a vetoable change listener.
void	setImpl(PersistenceElement.Impl impl) Set the implementation factory of this persistence element.
void	setName(String name) Set the name of this persistence element.
String	toString() Overrides Object's toString method to return the name of this persistence element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PersistenceElement

public PersistenceElement()

Create new PersistenceElement with no implementation. This constructor should only be used for cloning and archiving.

PersistenceElement

protected PersistenceElement(PersistenceElement.Impl impl)

Create new PersistenceElement with the provided implementation. The implementation is responsible for storing all properties of the object.

Parameters:

impl - the implementation to use

Method Detail

getImpl

public final PersistenceElement.Impl getImpl()

Returns:

implemetation factory for this element

getMessages

protected static final ResourceBundle getMessages()

Returns:

I18N message handler for this element

addPropertyChangeListener

public final void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)

Add a property change listener.

Parameters:

l - the listener to add

See Also:

PersistenceElementProperties

removePropertyChangeListener

public final void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)

Remove a property change listener.

Parameters:

l - the listener to remove

See Also:

PersistenceElementProperties

addVetoableChangeListener

public final void addVetoableChangeListener(VetoableChangeListener l)

Add a vetoable change listener.

Parameters:

l - the listener to add

See Also:

PersistenceElementProperties

removeVetoableChangeListener

public final void removeVetoableChangeListener(VetoableChangeListener l)

Remove a vetoable change listener.

Parameters:

l - the listener to remove

See Also:

PersistenceElementProperties

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of this persistence element.

Returns:

the name

setName

public void setName(String name)
             throws ModelException

Set the name of this persistence element.

Parameters:

name - the name

Throws:

ModelException - if impossible

toString

public String toString()

Overrides Object's toString method to return the name of this persistence element.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of the object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides Object's equals method by comparing the name of this persistence element with the name of the argument obj. The method returns false if obj does not have the same dynamic type as this persistence element.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the reference object with which to compare.

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides Object's hashCode method to return the hashCode of this persistence element's name.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash code value for this object.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Compares this object with the specified object for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object. The specified object must be persistence element, meaning it must be an instance of class PersistenceElement or any subclass. If not a ClassCastException is thrown. The order of PersistenceElement objects is defined by the order of their names. Persistence elements without name are considered to be less than any named persistence element.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Parameters:

o - the Object to be compared.

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.

Throws:

ClassCastException - - if the specified object is null or is not an instance of PersistenceElement

setImpl

public void setImpl(PersistenceElement.Impl impl)

Set the implementation factory of this persistence element. This method should only be used internally and for cloning and archiving.

Parameters:

impl - the implementation to use