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1 | /* | |
2 | * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more | |
3 | * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with | |
4 | * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. | |
5 | * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 | |
6 | * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with | |
7 | * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
8 | * | |
9 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
10 | * | |
11 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
12 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
13 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
14 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
15 | * limitations under the License. | |
16 | */ | |
17 | ||
18 | package org.apache.commons.beanutils; | |
19 | ||
20 | ||
21 | ||
22 | ||
23 | ||
24 | /** | |
25 | * <p>A specialized extension to <code>DynaClass</code> that allows properties | |
26 | * to be added or removed dynamically.</p> | |
27 | * | |
28 | * <p><strong>WARNING</strong> - No guarantees that this will be in the final | |
29 | * APIs ... it's here primarily to preserve some concepts that were in the | |
30 | * original proposal for further discussion.</p> | |
31 | * | |
32 | * @author Craig McClanahan | |
33 | * @author Michael Smith | |
34 | * @author Paulo Gaspar | |
35 | * @version $Revision: 555824 $ $Date: 2007-07-12 20:27:15 -0400 (Thu, 12 Jul 2007) $ | |
36 | */ | |
37 | ||
38 | public interface MutableDynaClass extends DynaClass { | |
39 | ||
40 | ||
41 | /** | |
42 | * Add a new dynamic property with no restrictions on data type, | |
43 | * readability, or writeability. | |
44 | * | |
45 | * @param name Name of the new dynamic property | |
46 | * | |
47 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if name is null | |
48 | * @exception IllegalStateException if this DynaClass is currently | |
49 | * restricted, so no new properties can be added | |
50 | */ | |
51 | public void add(String name); | |
52 | ||
53 | ||
54 | /** | |
55 | * Add a new dynamic property with the specified data type, but with | |
56 | * no restrictions on readability or writeability. | |
57 | * | |
58 | * @param name Name of the new dynamic property | |
59 | * @param type Data type of the new dynamic property (null for no | |
60 | * restrictions) | |
61 | * | |
62 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if name is null | |
63 | * @exception IllegalStateException if this DynaClass is currently | |
64 | * restricted, so no new properties can be added | |
65 | */ | |
66 | public void add(String name, Class type); | |
67 | ||
68 | ||
69 | /** | |
70 | * Add a new dynamic property with the specified data type, readability, | |
71 | * and writeability. | |
72 | * | |
73 | * @param name Name of the new dynamic property | |
74 | * @param type Data type of the new dynamic property (null for no | |
75 | * restrictions) | |
76 | * @param readable Set to <code>true</code> if this property value | |
77 | * should be readable | |
78 | * @param writeable Set to <code>true</code> if this property value | |
79 | * should be writeable | |
80 | * | |
81 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if name is null | |
82 | * @exception IllegalStateException if this DynaClass is currently | |
83 | * restricted, so no new properties can be added | |
84 | */ | |
85 | public void add(String name, Class type, boolean readable, | |
86 | boolean writeable); | |
87 | ||
88 | ||
89 | /** | |
90 | * Is this DynaClass currently restricted, if so, no changes to the | |
91 | * existing registration of property names, data types, readability, or | |
92 | * writeability are allowed. | |
93 | * | |
94 | * @return <code>true</code> if this Mutable {@link DynaClass} is restricted, | |
95 | * otherwise <code>false</code> | |
96 | */ | |
97 | public boolean isRestricted(); | |
98 | ||
99 | ||
100 | /** | |
101 | * Remove the specified dynamic property, and any associated data type, | |
102 | * readability, and writeability, from this dynamic class. | |
103 | * <strong>NOTE</strong> - This does <strong>NOT</strong> cause any | |
104 | * corresponding property values to be removed from DynaBean instances | |
105 | * associated with this DynaClass. | |
106 | * | |
107 | * @param name Name of the dynamic property to remove | |
108 | * | |
109 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if name is null | |
110 | * @exception IllegalStateException if this DynaClass is currently | |
111 | * restricted, so no properties can be removed | |
112 | */ | |
113 | public void remove(String name); | |
114 | ||
115 | ||
116 | /** | |
117 | * Set the restricted state of this DynaClass to the specified value. | |
118 | * | |
119 | * @param restricted The new restricted state | |
120 | */ | |
121 | public void setRestricted(boolean restricted); | |
122 | ||
123 | ||
124 | } |