ch.tatool.data

Interface PropertyHolder

All Known Subinterfaces:

DescriptivePropertyHolder, Element, Executable, ExecutionContext, Node

public interface PropertyHolder

Classes implementing this interface provide support for storing properties.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clearProperties() Clear all properties
String	getId() Get the id of this property holder, usable to store the property in a DataContainer.
Set<String>	getKeys() Get all properties contained in this holder
Object	getProperty(String key) Get a specific element property.
void	removeProperty(String key) Remove the property for the given key.
void	setProperty(String key, Object value) Set a specific element property.

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Get the id of this property holder, usable to store the property in a DataContainer. The id can be arbitrary. For tree structures it is encouraged to concatenate the node ids to form unique ids among the complete tree structure.

getProperty

Object getProperty(String key)

Get a specific element property.

Returns:

the property value or null if the property is not present.

setProperty

void setProperty(String key,
               Object value)

Set a specific element property.

removeProperty

void removeProperty(String key)

Remove the property for the given key.

getKeys

Set<String> getKeys()

Get all properties contained in this holder

clearProperties

void clearProperties()

Clear all properties