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| DynaBean |
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| 1.0;1 |
| 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 | ||
| 19 | package org.apache.commons.beanutils; | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | ||
| 22 | /** | |
| 23 | * <p>A <strong>DynaBean</strong> is a Java object that supports properties | |
| 24 | * whose names and data types, as well as values, may be dynamically modified. | |
| 25 | * To the maximum degree feasible, other components of the BeanUtils package | |
| 26 | * will recognize such beans and treat them as standard JavaBeans for the | |
| 27 | * purpose of retrieving and setting property values.</p> | |
| 28 | * | |
| 29 | * @author Craig McClanahan | |
| 30 | * @author Paulo Gaspar | |
| 31 | * @version $Revision: 555824 $ $Date: 2007-07-12 20:27:15 -0400 (Thu, 12 Jul 2007) $ | |
| 32 | */ | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | public interface DynaBean { | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | ||
| 37 | /** | |
| 38 | * Does the specified mapped property contain a value for the specified | |
| 39 | * key value? | |
| 40 | * | |
| 41 | * @param name Name of the property to check | |
| 42 | * @param key Name of the key to check | |
| 43 | * @return <code>true<code> if the mapped property contains a value for | |
| 44 | * the specified key, otherwise <code>false</code> | |
| 45 | * | |
| 46 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there is no property | |
| 47 | * of the specified name | |
| 48 | */ | |
| 49 | public boolean contains(String name, String key); | |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | ||
| 52 | /** | |
| 53 | * Return the value of a simple property with the specified name. | |
| 54 | * | |
| 55 | * @param name Name of the property whose value is to be retrieved | |
| 56 | * @return The property's value | |
| 57 | * | |
| 58 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there is no property | |
| 59 | * of the specified name | |
| 60 | */ | |
| 61 | public Object get(String name); | |
| 62 | ||
| 63 | ||
| 64 | /** | |
| 65 | * Return the value of an indexed property with the specified name. | |
| 66 | * | |
| 67 | * @param name Name of the property whose value is to be retrieved | |
| 68 | * @param index Index of the value to be retrieved | |
| 69 | * @return The indexed property's value | |
| 70 | * | |
| 71 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there is no property | |
| 72 | * of the specified name | |
| 73 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified property | |
| 74 | * exists, but is not indexed | |
| 75 | * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index | |
| 76 | * is outside the range of the underlying property | |
| 77 | * @exception NullPointerException if no array or List has been | |
| 78 | * initialized for this property | |
| 79 | */ | |
| 80 | public Object get(String name, int index); | |
| 81 | ||
| 82 | ||
| 83 | /** | |
| 84 | * Return the value of a mapped property with the specified name, | |
| 85 | * or <code>null</code> if there is no value for the specified key. | |
| 86 | * | |
| 87 | * @param name Name of the property whose value is to be retrieved | |
| 88 | * @param key Key of the value to be retrieved | |
| 89 | * @return The mapped property's value | |
| 90 | * | |
| 91 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there is no property | |
| 92 | * of the specified name | |
| 93 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified property | |
| 94 | * exists, but is not mapped | |
| 95 | */ | |
| 96 | public Object get(String name, String key); | |
| 97 | ||
| 98 | ||
| 99 | /** | |
| 100 | * Return the <code>DynaClass</code> instance that describes the set of | |
| 101 | * properties available for this DynaBean. | |
| 102 | * | |
| 103 | * @return The associated DynaClass | |
| 104 | */ | |
| 105 | public DynaClass getDynaClass(); | |
| 106 | ||
| 107 | ||
| 108 | /** | |
| 109 | * Remove any existing value for the specified key on the | |
| 110 | * specified mapped property. | |
| 111 | * | |
| 112 | * @param name Name of the property for which a value is to | |
| 113 | * be removed | |
| 114 | * @param key Key of the value to be removed | |
| 115 | * | |
| 116 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there is no property | |
| 117 | * of the specified name | |
| 118 | */ | |
| 119 | public void remove(String name, String key); | |
| 120 | ||
| 121 | ||
| 122 | /** | |
| 123 | * Set the value of a simple property with the specified name. | |
| 124 | * | |
| 125 | * @param name Name of the property whose value is to be set | |
| 126 | * @param value Value to which this property is to be set | |
| 127 | * | |
| 128 | * @exception ConversionException if the specified value cannot be | |
| 129 | * converted to the type required for this property | |
| 130 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there is no property | |
| 131 | * of the specified name | |
| 132 | * @exception NullPointerException if an attempt is made to set a | |
| 133 | * primitive property to null | |
| 134 | */ | |
| 135 | public void set(String name, Object value); | |
| 136 | ||
| 137 | ||
| 138 | /** | |
| 139 | * Set the value of an indexed property with the specified name. | |
| 140 | * | |
| 141 | * @param name Name of the property whose value is to be set | |
| 142 | * @param index Index of the property to be set | |
| 143 | * @param value Value to which this property is to be set | |
| 144 | * | |
| 145 | * @exception ConversionException if the specified value cannot be | |
| 146 | * converted to the type required for this property | |
| 147 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there is no property | |
| 148 | * of the specified name | |
| 149 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified property | |
| 150 | * exists, but is not indexed | |
| 151 | * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index | |
| 152 | * is outside the range of the underlying property | |
| 153 | */ | |
| 154 | public void set(String name, int index, Object value); | |
| 155 | ||
| 156 | ||
| 157 | /** | |
| 158 | * Set the value of a mapped property with the specified name. | |
| 159 | * | |
| 160 | * @param name Name of the property whose value is to be set | |
| 161 | * @param key Key of the property to be set | |
| 162 | * @param value Value to which this property is to be set | |
| 163 | * | |
| 164 | * @exception ConversionException if the specified value cannot be | |
| 165 | * converted to the type required for this property | |
| 166 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if there is no property | |
| 167 | * of the specified name | |
| 168 | * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified property | |
| 169 | * exists, but is not mapped | |
| 170 | */ | |
| 171 | public void set(String name, String key, Object value); | |
| 172 | ||
| 173 | ||
| 174 | } |