1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2012 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary;
17
18 import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.exception.AttributeValidationException;
19 import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.ExternalizableBusinessObjectUtils;
20
21 /**
22 Support attributes define additional attributes that can be used to generate
23 lookup field conversions and lookup parameters.
24
25 Field conversions and lookup parameters are normally generated using foreign key relationships
26 defined within OJB and the DD. Because Person objects are linked in a special way (i.e. they may
27 come from an external data source and not from the DB, such as LDAP), it is often necessary to define
28 extra fields that are related to each other, sort of like a supplemental foreign key.
29
30 sourceName is the name of the POJO property of the business object
31 targetName is the name of attribute that corresponds to the sourceName in the looked up BO
32 identifier when true, only the field marked as an identifier will be passed in as a lookup parameter
33 at most one supportAttribute for each relationship should be defined as identifier="true"
34 */
35 public class SupportAttributeDefinition extends PrimitiveAttributeDefinition {
36 private static final long serialVersionUID = -1719022365280776405L;
37
38 protected boolean identifier;
39
40 public SupportAttributeDefinition() {}
41
42 public boolean isIdentifier() {
43 return identifier;
44 }
45
46 /**
47 * identifier when true, only the field marked as an identifier will be passed in as a lookup parameter
48 at most one supportAttribute for each relationship should be defined as identifier="true"
49 */
50 public void setIdentifier(boolean identifier) {
51 this.identifier = identifier;
52 }
53
54 /**
55 * Directly validate simple fields.
56 *
57 * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.DataDictionaryDefinition#completeValidation(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Object)
58 */
59 public void completeValidation(Class rootBusinessObjectClass, Class otherBusinessObjectClass) {
60 if (!DataDictionary.isPropertyOf(rootBusinessObjectClass, getSourceName())) {
61 throw new AttributeValidationException("unable to find attribute '" + getSourceName() + "' in relationship class '" + rootBusinessObjectClass + "' (" + "" + ")");
62 }
63 if (!DataDictionary.isPropertyOf(otherBusinessObjectClass, getTargetName())
64 && !ExternalizableBusinessObjectUtils.isExternalizableBusinessObjectInterface( otherBusinessObjectClass )) {
65 throw new AttributeValidationException("unable to find attribute '" + getTargetName() + "' in related class '" + otherBusinessObjectClass.getName() + "' (" + "" + ")");
66 }
67 }
68
69 /**
70 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
71 */
72 @Override
73 public String toString() {
74 return "SupportAttributeDefinition (" + getSourceName()+","+getTargetName()+","+identifier+")";
75 }
76
77 }
78