org.nakedobjects.metamodel.facets
Interface PropertyOrCollectionIdentifyingFacetFactory

All Superinterfaces:

FacetFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CollectionFieldMethodsFacetFactory, PropertyMethodsFacetFactory, PropertyOrCollectionIdentifyingFacetFactoryAbstract

public interface PropertyOrCollectionIdentifyingFacetFactory
extends FacetFactory

A FacetFactory implementation that is able to identify a property or collection.

For example, a getter method is most commonly used to represent either a property (value or reference) or a collection, with the return type indicating which.

Used by the Java5 Reflector's ProgrammingModel to determine which facet factories to ask whether a Method represents a property or a collection.

Method Summary

void	findAndRemoveCollectionAccessors(MethodRemover methodRemover, java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Method> methodListToAppendTo) Use the provided MethodRemover to remove all collection accessors, and append them to the supplied methodList.
void	findAndRemovePropertyAccessors(MethodRemover methodRemover, java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Method> methodListToAppendTo) Use the provided MethodRemover to remove all reference property accessors, and append them to the supplied methodList.
boolean	isCollectionAccessor(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Whether (this facet is able to determine that) the supplied Method represents a collection.
boolean	isPropertyAccessor(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Whether (this facet is able to determine that) the supplied Method represents either a value property or a reference property.
boolean	isPropertyOrCollectionAccessorCandidate(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Whether (this facet is able to determine that) the supplied Method possibly represents the accessor of either a value property, reference property or a collection.

Methods inherited from interface org.nakedobjects.metamodel.facets.FacetFactory

getFeatureTypes, process, process, processParams

Method Detail

isPropertyOrCollectionAccessorCandidate

boolean isPropertyOrCollectionAccessorCandidate(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Whether (this facet is able to determine that) the supplied Method possibly represents the accessor of either a value property, reference property or a collection.

For example, if a method name has a prefix of get or alternatively has a prefix of is and returns a boolean, then it would be a candidate.

isPropertyAccessor

boolean isPropertyAccessor(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Whether (this facet is able to determine that) the supplied Method represents either a value property or a reference property.

isCollectionAccessor

boolean isCollectionAccessor(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Whether (this facet is able to determine that) the supplied Method represents a collection.

findAndRemovePropertyAccessors

void findAndRemovePropertyAccessors(MethodRemover methodRemover,
                                    java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Method> methodListToAppendTo)

Use the provided MethodRemover to remove all reference property accessors, and append them to the supplied methodList.

findAndRemoveCollectionAccessors

void findAndRemoveCollectionAccessors(MethodRemover methodRemover,
                                      java.util.List<java.lang.reflect.Method> methodListToAppendTo)

Use the provided MethodRemover to remove all collection accessors, and append them to the supplied methodList.