org.nakedobjects.object.reflect
Class Field

java.lang.Object
  org.nakedobjects.object.reflect.Member
      org.nakedobjects.object.reflect.Field

Direct Known Subclasses:

Association, Value

public abstract class Field

extends Member

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.nakedobjects.object.reflect.Member

Member.DefaultAbout

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.nakedobjects.object.reflect.Member

DEFAULT

Constructor Summary

Field(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class type, java.lang.reflect.Method get, java.lang.reflect.Method about, boolean isDerived)

Method Summary

abstract Naked	get(NakedObject fromObject) call the accessor method on the specified object to return the data it holds
About	getAbout(NakedObject object)
java.lang.String	getLabel(NakedObject object)
java.lang.Class	getType() return the object type, as a Class object, that the method returns.
boolean	isAggregate()
boolean	isDerived() Returns true if this attribute is derived - is calculated from other data in the object - and should therefore not be editable nor persisted.
boolean	isValue()

Methods inherited from class org.nakedobjects.object.reflect.Member

getAboutMethod, getMemberMethod, getName, getObjectStore, hasAbout, init, isDistributed, isProxied, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Field

public Field(java.lang.String name,
             java.lang.Class type,
             java.lang.reflect.Method get,
             java.lang.reflect.Method about,
             boolean isDerived)

Method Detail

get

public abstract Naked get(NakedObject fromObject)

call the accessor method on the specified object to return the data it holds

getAbout

public About getAbout(NakedObject object)

getLabel

public java.lang.String getLabel(NakedObject object)

getType

public java.lang.Class getType()

return the object type, as a Class object, that the method returns.

isAggregate

public boolean isAggregate()

Returns:

boolean

isDerived

public boolean isDerived()

Returns true if this attribute is derived - is calculated from other data in the object - and should therefore not be editable nor persisted.

isValue

public boolean isValue()

Returns:

boolean