net.infonode.properties.util
Interface PropertyValueHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyMapValueHandler

public interface PropertyValueHandler

Sets and gets property values to and from value objects.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

$Author: jesper $

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getValue(Property property, java.lang.Object valueContainer) Gets the value of a property from a value container.
boolean	getValueIsRemovable(Property property, java.lang.Object valueContainer) Returns true if the property value is removable from the value container.
boolean	getValueIsSet(Property property, java.lang.Object valueContainer) Returns true if a value for the property is set in the value container.
void	removeValue(Property property, java.lang.Object valueContainer) Removes a property value from a value container.
void	setValue(Property property, java.lang.Object valueContainer, java.lang.Object value) Sets the value of a property in a value container.

Method Detail

getValue

java.lang.Object getValue(Property property,
                          java.lang.Object valueContainer)

Gets the value of a property from a value container.

Parameters:

property - the property

valueContainer - the object containing the value

Returns:

the property value, null if the container doesn't contain the value

setValue

void setValue(Property property,
              java.lang.Object valueContainer,
              java.lang.Object value)

Sets the value of a property in a value container.

Parameters:

property - the property

valueContainer - the object that will contain the value

value - the property value

removeValue

void removeValue(Property property,
                 java.lang.Object valueContainer)

Removes a property value from a value container.

Parameters:

property - the property

valueContainer - the value container

getValueIsSet

boolean getValueIsSet(Property property,
                      java.lang.Object valueContainer)

Returns true if a value for the property is set in the value container.

Parameters:

property - the property

valueContainer - the value container

Returns:

true if a value for the property is set in the value container

getValueIsRemovable

boolean getValueIsRemovable(Property property,
                            java.lang.Object valueContainer)

Returns true if the property value is removable from the value container.

Parameters:

property - the property

valueContainer - the value container

Returns:

true if the property value is removable from the value container