org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary
Class ReferenceDefinition

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.DataDictionaryDefinitionBase
      org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.ReferenceDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, DataDictionaryDefinition, org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

public class ReferenceDefinition
extends DataDictionaryDefinitionBase

The reference element specifies the name of a reference object that is required to exist in order for the primary business object to be created or modified on a BO. DD: See ReferenceDefinition.java JSTL: references are Maps with the following keys: attributeName (String) activeIndicatorAttributeName (String) activeIndicatorReversed (boolean String) attributeToHighlightOnFail (String) displayFieldName (String)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String	attributeName
protected String	attributeToHighlightOnFail
protected Class<? extends BusinessObject>	businessObjectClass
protected String	collection
protected Class<? extends BusinessObject>	collectionBusinessObjectClass
protected String	displayFieldName

Fields inherited from class org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.DataDictionaryDefinitionBase

id

Constructor Summary

ReferenceDefinition()

Method Summary

void	completeValidation(Class rootBusinessObjectClass, Class otherBusinessObjectClass) Directly validate simple fields.
String	getAttributeName()
String	getAttributeToHighlightOnFail() Gets the attributeToHighlightOnFail attribute.
Class<? extends BusinessObject>	getBusinessObjectClass()
String	getCollection()
Class<? extends BusinessObject>	getCollectionBusinessObjectClass()
String	getDisplayFieldName() Gets the displayFieldName attribute.
boolean	isCollectionReference()
boolean	isDisplayFieldNameSet() This method returns true if the displayFieldName is set, otherwise it returns false.
void	setAttributeName(String attributeName) attributeName is the name of a reference object that must exist and not be null.
void	setAttributeToHighlightOnFail(String attributeToHighlightOnFail) attributeToHighlightOnFail is the name of the busines object attribute which will be highlighted when the default existence check fails.
void	setBusinessObjectClass(Class<? extends BusinessObject> businessObjectClass)
void	setCollection(String collection) collection is the name of a collection that must exist
void	setCollectionBusinessObjectClass(Class<? extends BusinessObject> collectionBusinessObjectClass) Class that the specified collection represents.
void	setDisplayFieldName(String displayFieldName) displayFieldName is the name of the field to pull the label as it will appear in an error message.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.DataDictionaryDefinitionBase

afterPropertiesSet, getId, setId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

attributeName

protected String attributeName

attributeToHighlightOnFail

protected String attributeToHighlightOnFail

displayFieldName

protected String displayFieldName

collection

protected String collection

collectionBusinessObjectClass

protected Class<? extends BusinessObject> collectionBusinessObjectClass

businessObjectClass

protected Class<? extends BusinessObject> businessObjectClass

Constructor Detail

ReferenceDefinition

public ReferenceDefinition()

Method Detail

getAttributeName

public String getAttributeName()

Returns:

attributeName

setAttributeName

public void setAttributeName(String attributeName)

attributeName is the name of a reference object that must exist and not be null. In the case of a collection, then this is the name of a reference object within the collection element.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given attributeName is blank

getAttributeToHighlightOnFail

public String getAttributeToHighlightOnFail()

Gets the attributeToHighlightOnFail attribute.

Returns:

Returns the attributeToHighlightOnFail.

setAttributeToHighlightOnFail

public void setAttributeToHighlightOnFail(String attributeToHighlightOnFail)

attributeToHighlightOnFail is the name of the busines object attribute which will be highlighted when the default existence check fails.

getDisplayFieldName

public String getDisplayFieldName()

Gets the displayFieldName attribute.

Returns:

Returns the displayFieldName.

setDisplayFieldName

public void setDisplayFieldName(String displayFieldName)

displayFieldName is the name of the field to pull the label as it will appear in an error message. e.g. "chartOfAccountsCode".

isDisplayFieldNameSet

public boolean isDisplayFieldNameSet()

This method returns true if the displayFieldName is set, otherwise it returns false. Whether the displayFieldName is set is defined by whether it has any non-whitespace content in it.

Returns:

getCollection

public String getCollection()

setCollection

public void setCollection(String collection)

collection is the name of a collection that must exist

isCollectionReference

public boolean isCollectionReference()

getCollectionBusinessObjectClass

public Class<? extends BusinessObject> getCollectionBusinessObjectClass()

setCollectionBusinessObjectClass

public void setCollectionBusinessObjectClass(Class<? extends BusinessObject> collectionBusinessObjectClass)

Class that the specified collection represents. Does not need to be set. The DD Will set this attribute through introspection.

completeValidation

public void completeValidation(Class rootBusinessObjectClass,
                               Class otherBusinessObjectClass)

Directly validate simple fields.

Parameters:

rootBusinessObjectClass - Class of the BusinessObjectEntry which ultimately contains this definition

otherBusinessObjectClass - other stuff required to complete validation

See Also:

org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.DataDictionaryDefinition#completeValidation(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Object)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

getBusinessObjectClass

public Class<? extends BusinessObject> getBusinessObjectClass()

setBusinessObjectClass

public void setBusinessObjectClass(Class<? extends BusinessObject> businessObjectClass)