org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.extension
Class BrowseEntity

java.lang.Object
  org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.extension.BrowseEntity

public class BrowseEntity
extends Object

This is an object to hold data about a browseable entity type

Author:

Aaron Zeckoski (azeckoski @ gmail.com)

Nested Class Summary

static class	BrowseEntity.PrefixComparator
static class	BrowseEntity.TitleComparator

Constructor Summary

BrowseEntity(String prefix)
Minimal constructor

BrowseEntity(String prefix, String title, String description)
Constructor for types with no children or access provider

BrowseEntity(String prefix, String title, String description, String[] nestedPrefixes, String[] entityViewKeys)
Constructor for complete types with most optional information, all optionals can be null

Method Summary

void	addEntityViewKeys(String entityViewKey) Adds a view key which is known to be supported by this entity types access provider
void	addNestedPrefix(String prefix) Adds a nested prefix which is a child of this entity type
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getDescription()
List<String>	getEntityAccessViews() Get the list of entity access views (e.g.
List<String>	getNestedPrefixes() Gets all the nested children prefixes for this entity type (if there are any)
String	getParentPrefix()
String	getPrefix()
String	getTitle()
int	hashCode()
void	setEntityViewKeys(String[] entityViewKeys)
void	setNestedPrefixes(String[] nestedPrefixes)
void	setParentPrefix(String parentPrefix)
void	setTitleDesc(String title, String description)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BrowseEntity

public BrowseEntity(String prefix)

Minimal constructor

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

BrowseEntity

public BrowseEntity(String prefix,
                    String title,
                    String description)

Constructor for types with no children or access provider

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

title - a display title

description - (optional) display description

BrowseEntity

public BrowseEntity(String prefix,
                    String title,
                    String description,
                    String[] nestedPrefixes,
                    String[] entityViewKeys)

Constructor for complete types with most optional information, all optionals can be null

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

title - a display title

description - (optional) display description

nestedPrefixes - (optional) the list of nested (children) prefixes

entityViewKeys - (optional) the list of handled views for the access provider

Method Detail

setTitleDesc

public void setTitleDesc(String title,
                         String description)

setNestedPrefixes

public void setNestedPrefixes(String[] nestedPrefixes)

setEntityViewKeys

public void setEntityViewKeys(String[] entityViewKeys)

addNestedPrefix

public void addNestedPrefix(String prefix)

Adds a nested prefix which is a child of this entity type

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

addEntityViewKeys

public void addEntityViewKeys(String entityViewKey)

Adds a view key which is known to be supported by this entity types access provider

Parameters:

entityViewKey - an entity view key (e.g. EntityView.VIEW_NEW)

setParentPrefix

public void setParentPrefix(String parentPrefix)

getPrefix

public String getPrefix()

Returns:

the entity prefix for this browseable entity type

getTitle

public String getTitle()

Returns:

the display title for this entity type (will not be null, may just be the prefix)

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns:

the optional description of this type of entity (may be null)

getParentPrefix

public String getParentPrefix()

Returns:

the prefix for the parent entity type for this type of entity OR null if this is a root type

getNestedPrefixes

public List<String> getNestedPrefixes()

Gets all the nested children prefixes for this entity type (if there are any)

Returns:

the list of nested (children) prefixes for this entity type OR null if there are none (will not be empty list)

getEntityAccessViews

public List<String> getEntityAccessViews()

Get the list of entity access views (e.g. EntityView.VIEW_NEW) that are known to be handled by this entity type

Returns:

the list of view keys OR empty if none handled OR null if the handled views are unknown

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object