com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer.metadata
Class PersistentPropertyMetadata

java.lang.Object
  com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer.metadata.PropertyMetadata
      com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer.metadata.PersistentPropertyMetadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class PersistentPropertyMetadata
extends PropertyMetadata

An extended version of PropertyMetadata that provides additional information about persistent properties.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Petter Holmström (Vaadin Ltd)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

PersistentPropertyMetadata.AccessType Enumeration defining the property access types.

Field Summary

protected Class<?>	fieldDeclaringClass
protected String	fieldName

Fields inherited from class com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer.metadata.PropertyMetadata

getterDeclaringClass, getterName, setterDeclaringClass, setterName

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
PersistentPropertyMetadata.AccessType	getAccessType() The way the property value is accessed (as a JavaBean property or as a field).
<T extends Annotation> T	getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass) Gets the annotation of the specified annotation class, if available.
Annotation[]	getAnnotations() The annotations of the property, if any.
PropertyKind	getPropertyKind() The kind of the property.
ClassMetadata<?>	getTypeMetadata() The metadata of the property type, if it is embedded or a reference.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isWritable() Persistent properties are always writable.
Object	readResolve()

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.addon.jpacontainer.metadata.PropertyMetadata

getName, getType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

fieldName

protected final String fieldName

fieldDeclaringClass

protected final Class<?> fieldDeclaringClass

Method Detail

getTypeMetadata

public ClassMetadata<?> getTypeMetadata()

The metadata of the property type, if it is embedded or a reference. Otherwise, this method returns null.

See Also:

getPropertyKind()

getPropertyKind

public PropertyKind getPropertyKind()

The kind of the property.

Overrides:

getPropertyKind in class PropertyMetadata

getAccessType

public PersistentPropertyMetadata.AccessType getAccessType()

The way the property value is accessed (as a JavaBean property or as a field).

getAnnotation

public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)

Description copied from class: PropertyMetadata

Gets the annotation of the specified annotation class, if available.

Overrides:

getAnnotation in class PropertyMetadata

Parameters:

annotationClass - the annotation class.

Returns:

the annotation, or null if not found.

See Also:

PropertyMetadata.getAnnotations(), Class.getAnnotation(java.lang.Class)

getAnnotations

public Annotation[] getAnnotations()

Description copied from class: PropertyMetadata

The annotations of the property, if any.

Overrides:

getAnnotations in class PropertyMetadata

See Also:

PropertyMetadata.getAnnotation(java.lang.Class)

readResolve

public Object readResolve()
                   throws ObjectStreamException

Overrides:

readResolve in class PropertyMetadata

Throws:

ObjectStreamException

isWritable

public boolean isWritable()

Persistent properties are always writable.

Returns whether the property is writable or not. Transient properties (i.e. JavaBean properties) are only writable if they have a setter method..

Overrides:

isWritable in class PropertyMetadata

Returns:

true if the property is writable, false if it is not.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class PropertyMetadata

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class PropertyMetadata