com.amazon.carbonado.synthetic

Class SyntheticProperty

java.lang.Object

com.amazon.carbonado.synthetic.SyntheticProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<SyntheticProperty>

public class SyntheticProperty
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<SyntheticProperty>

Minimal specification of a storable property for use with a SyntheticStorableBuilder. Synthetic storables can be used to generate user storables.

Author:

Don Schneider, Brian S O'Neill

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SyntheticProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type) Every property requires minimally a name and a type
SyntheticProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type, boolean isNullable, boolean isVersion)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAccessorAnnotationDescriptor(java.lang.String annotationDesc) Add an arbitrary annotation to the property accessor method, as specified by a descriptor.
int	compareTo(SyntheticProperty otherProp) Comparable implementation.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getAccessorAnnotationDescriptors() Returns all the added accessor annotation descriptors in an unmodifiable list.
StorablePropertyAdapter	getAdapter()
java.lang.String	getName()
java.lang.String	getReadMethodName() Returns the name of the read method.
java.lang.Class	getType()
java.lang.String	getWriteMethodName() Returns the name of the write method.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isNullable()
boolean	isVersion()
static java.lang.String	makeReadMethodName(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type) Generate a name for a bean "get" method ("is" method, for booleans).
static java.lang.String	makeWriteMethodName(java.lang.String name) Generate a name for a bean "set" method
void	setAdapter(StorablePropertyAdapter adapter) Storables cannot currently have more than one adapter per property.
void	setIsNullable(boolean isNullable)
void	setIsVersion(boolean isVersion)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SyntheticProperty

public SyntheticProperty(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.Class type)

Every property requires minimally a name and a type

Parameters:

name - for the property

type - of the data it contains

SyntheticProperty

public SyntheticProperty(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.Class type,
                 boolean isNullable,
                 boolean isVersion)

Parameters:

name - property name

type - property type

isNullable - true if this property can be null (default false)

isVersion - true if this property is a version number (default false)

Method Detail

makeReadMethodName

public static java.lang.String makeReadMethodName(java.lang.String name,
                                  java.lang.Class type)

Generate a name for a bean "get" method ("is" method, for booleans).

Parameters:

name - of the property

type - return type of the property

See Also:

getReadMethodName()

makeWriteMethodName

public static java.lang.String makeWriteMethodName(java.lang.String name)

Generate a name for a bean "set" method

Parameters:

name - of the property

See Also:

getWriteMethodName()

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

Name of the property

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

Returns:

type of the property

isNullable

public boolean isNullable()

Returns:

true if the property can be null

setIsNullable

public void setIsNullable(boolean isNullable)

Parameters:

isNullable - true if the property can be null

isVersion

public boolean isVersion()

Returns:

true if the property contains the versioning information for the storable. Note that at most one property can be the version property for a given storable

setIsVersion

public void setIsVersion(boolean isVersion)

Parameters:

isVersion - true if the property should contain the versioning information for the storable

getReadMethodName

public java.lang.String getReadMethodName()

Returns the name of the read method.

getWriteMethodName

public java.lang.String getWriteMethodName()

Returns the name of the write method.

getAdapter

public StorablePropertyAdapter getAdapter()

Returns:

the optional adapter.

setAdapter

public void setAdapter(StorablePropertyAdapter adapter)

Storables cannot currently have more than one adapter per property.

Parameters:

adapter - The adapter to set.

addAccessorAnnotationDescriptor

public void addAccessorAnnotationDescriptor(java.lang.String annotationDesc)

Add an arbitrary annotation to the property accessor method, as specified by a descriptor.

See Also:

AnnotationDescPrinter

getAccessorAnnotationDescriptors

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getAccessorAnnotationDescriptors()

Returns all the added accessor annotation descriptors in an unmodifiable list.

compareTo

public int compareTo(SyntheticProperty otherProp)

Comparable implementation.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<SyntheticProperty>

Parameters:

otherProp -

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object