org.alfresco.repo.forms

Class AssociationFieldDefinition

java.lang.Object

org.alfresco.repo.forms.FieldDefinition

org.alfresco.repo.forms.AssociationFieldDefinition

public class AssociationFieldDefinition
extends FieldDefinition

An association field definition that can represent a source->target association or a target->source association.

Author:

Gavin Cornwell

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	AssociationFieldDefinition.Direction

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected AssociationFieldDefinition.Direction	endpointDirection
protected boolean	endpointMandatory
protected boolean	endpointMany
protected String	endpointType

Fields inherited from class org.alfresco.repo.forms.FieldDefinition

binding, dataKeyName, defaultValue, description, group, label, name, protectedField

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AssociationFieldDefinition(String name, String endpointType, AssociationFieldDefinition.Direction endpointDirection) Default constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AssociationFieldDefinition.Direction	getEndpointDirection() Returns the direction the association is going.
String	getEndpointType() Returns the type of the target of the association
boolean	isEndpointMandatory() Determines whether the target is mandatory
boolean	isEndpointMany() Determines if multiple targets can be selected
void	setEndpointMandatory(boolean endpointMandatory) Sets whether the target is mandatory
void	setEndpointMany(boolean endpointMany) Sets whether multiple targets can be selected
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.alfresco.repo.forms.FieldDefinition

getBinding, getDataKeyName, getDefaultValue, getDescription, getGroup, getLabel, getName, isProtectedField, setBinding, setDataKeyName, setDefaultValue, setDescription, setGroup, setLabel, setProtectedField

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

endpointType

protected String endpointType

endpointDirection

protected AssociationFieldDefinition.Direction endpointDirection

endpointMandatory

protected boolean endpointMandatory

endpointMany

protected boolean endpointMany

Constructor Detail

AssociationFieldDefinition

public AssociationFieldDefinition(String name,
                                  String endpointType,
                                  AssociationFieldDefinition.Direction endpointDirection)

Default constructor

Parameters:

name - The name of the association

endpointType - The type of the item at the end of the association

endpointDirection - The direction the association is going

Method Detail

getEndpointType

public String getEndpointType()

Returns the type of the target of the association

Returns:

The type of the target

getEndpointDirection

public AssociationFieldDefinition.Direction getEndpointDirection()

Returns the direction the association is going.

Direction.TARGET means the endpoint is the target and the field is the source.

Direction.SOURCE means the endpoint is the source and the field is the target.

Returns:

Direction.TARGET or Direction.SOURCE

isEndpointMandatory

public boolean isEndpointMandatory()

Determines whether the target is mandatory

Returns:

true if a target has to be selected

setEndpointMandatory

public void setEndpointMandatory(boolean endpointMandatory)

Sets whether the target is mandatory

Parameters:

endpointMandatory - true if a target has to be selected

isEndpointMany

public boolean isEndpointMany()

Determines if multiple targets can be selected

Returns:

true if multiple targets can be selected

setEndpointMany

public void setEndpointMany(boolean endpointMany)

Sets whether multiple targets can be selected

Parameters:

endpointMany - true if multiple targets can be selected

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object