org.alfresco.util.schemacomp

Class DbProperty

java.lang.Object

org.alfresco.util.schemacomp.DbProperty

public class DbProperty
extends Object

A pointer to a specific DbObject property and its value (at time of creating the DbProperty object).

Author:

Matt Ward

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
	DbProperty(DbObject dbObject) Construct a pointer to a database object only (no property within).
	DbProperty(DbObject dbObject, String propertyName) Create a DbProperty by supplying the DbObject and the property name.
	DbProperty(DbObject dbObject, String propertyName, int index) Create a DbProperty with an indexed value, e.g.
protected	DbProperty(DbObject dbObject, String propertyName, int index, boolean useSuppliedValue, Object propertyValue) Full constructor allowing control over whether the property name should be indexed (e.g.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
DbObject	getDbObject()
String	getPath() Work backwards from this DbProperty's DbObject to the root object to create a path in the following format:
String	getPropertyName()
Object	getPropertyValue()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DbProperty

protected DbProperty(DbObject dbObject,
                     String propertyName,
                     int index,
                     boolean useSuppliedValue,
                     Object propertyValue)

Full constructor allowing control over whether the property name should be indexed (e.g. colours[3]), whether the current value of the property should be retrieved automatically or whether to use the supplied value (useful when performing comparisons - construct one with a particular/expected value and construct another with the current value by reflection).

The public constructors provide a more usable API with select sets of arguments.

Parameters:

dbObject - DbObject

propertyName - String

index - int

useSuppliedValue - boolean

propertyValue - Object

DbProperty

public DbProperty(DbObject dbObject)

Construct a pointer to a database object only (no property within).

Parameters:

dbObject - DbObject

DbProperty

public DbProperty(DbObject dbObject,
                  String propertyName)

Create a DbProperty by supplying the DbObject and the property name. The value at time of creation will be populate automatically.

Parameters:

dbObject - DbObject

propertyName - String

DbProperty

public DbProperty(DbObject dbObject,
                  String propertyName,
                  int index)

Create a DbProperty with an indexed value, e.g. for propertyName "myCollection" and index 4, the propertyName will be converted to "myCollection[4]" and the propertValue will be populated with the value at index 4 of myCollection.

Parameters:

dbObject - DbObject

propertyName - String

index - int

Method Detail

getDbObject

public DbObject getDbObject()

Returns:

the dbObject

getPropertyName

public String getPropertyName()

Returns:

the propertyName

getPropertyValue

public Object getPropertyValue()

Returns:

the propertyValue

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getPath

public String getPath()

Work backwards from this DbProperty's DbObject to the root object to create a path in the following format:

root.child.grandchild[...].property

e.g. myschema.person.age.nullable

This isn't exactly the same as a FQ database object name, for example the property name could be indexed:

e.g. myschema.person.pk_person.columnNames[2]

to reflect the third column name in the primary key named "pk_person" on the person table.

Returns:

String path