org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons
Class DefaultGrailsDomainClassProperty

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.DefaultGrailsDomainClassProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

GrailsDomainClassProperty

public class DefaultGrailsDomainClassProperty
extends Object
implements GrailsDomainClassProperty

A class that represents a property of a domain class and contains meta information about the properties relationships, naming conventions and type

Since:

0.1 Created: 05-Jul-2005

Author:

Graeme Rocher

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.GrailsDomainClassProperty

BELONGS_TO, CLASS, CONSTRAINTS, DATE_CREATED, EMBEDDED, EVANESCENT, FETCH_EAGER, FETCH_LAZY, FETCH_MODE, HAS_MANY, IDENTITY, LAST_UPDATED, MAPPED_BY, MAPPING, MAPPING_STRATEGY, META_CLASS, RELATES_TO_MANY, TRANSIENT, VERSION

Constructor Summary

DefaultGrailsDomainClassProperty(GrailsDomainClass domainClass, PropertyDescriptor descriptor)

Method Summary

GrailsDomainClass	getComponent() If #isEmbedded returns true then this method can be called to obtain a reference to the embedded component, which implements the GrailsDomainClass interface
GrailsDomainClass	getDomainClass() Returns the parent domain class of the property instance
int	getFetchMode() Returns the configured fetch mode for the property
String	getFieldName() Returns the domain field name for this property
String	getName() Returns the name of the property
String	getNaturalName()
GrailsDomainClassProperty	getOtherSide() Returns the other side of a bidirectional association
GrailsDomainClass	getReferencedDomainClass() Returns the GrailsDomainClass of a relationship property or null if the property is not a relationship property
String	getReferencedPropertyName() Retrieves the name of property referenced by this property if it is an association and is known, otherwise null
Class	getReferencedPropertyType() Returns the referenced property type.
Class	getType() Returns the type for the domain class
String	getTypePropertyName() Returns the class type as a property name representation
boolean	isAssociation() Returns true if this property is a relationship property
boolean	isBidirectional() Returns true if the property is a bi-directional relationship
boolean	isCircular() Whether the relationship is cirucular
boolean	isEmbedded() Returns true if this propert is an embedded component
boolean	isIdentity() Returns true of the property is an identifier
boolean	isInherited() Whether the property is inherited from a super class
boolean	isManyToMany() Returns true if the property is a many-to-many relationship
boolean	isManyToOne() Returns true if the property is a many-to-one relationship
boolean	isOneToMany() Returns true if the property is a one-to-many relationship
boolean	isOneToOne() Returns true if the property is a one-to-one relationship
boolean	isOptional() Returns true if the property is required
boolean	isOwningSide() Whether this side of the association is the "owning" side
boolean	isPersistent() Returns true if the domain class property is a persistent property
protected void	setBidirectional(boolean bidirectional) Sets whether the relationship is bidirectional or not
void	setEmbedded(boolean isEmbedded)
protected void	setManyToMany(boolean manyToMany)
protected void	setManyToOne(boolean manyToOne)
protected void	setOneToMany(boolean oneToMany)
protected void	setOneToOne(boolean oneToOne)
void	setOtherSide(GrailsDomainClassProperty property) Sets the other side of an associative property
void	setOwningSide(boolean b)
protected void	setPersistant(boolean persistant)
void	setReferencedDomainClass(GrailsDomainClass referencedDomainClass) Sets the references domain class on the property
protected void	setReferencedPropertyType(Class referencedPropertyType) Sets the referenced property type of this property
void	setReferencePropertyName(String name)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultGrailsDomainClassProperty

public DefaultGrailsDomainClassProperty(GrailsDomainClass domainClass,
                                        PropertyDescriptor descriptor)

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the name of the property

Specified by:

getName in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The property name

getType

public Class getType()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the type for the domain class

Specified by:

getType in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The property type

isPersistent

public boolean isPersistent()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if the domain class property is a persistent property

Specified by:

isPersistent in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

Whether the property is persistent

isOptional

public boolean isOptional()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if the property is required

Specified by:

isOptional in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

Whether the property is optional

isIdentity

public boolean isIdentity()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true of the property is an identifier

Specified by:

isIdentity in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

Whether the property is the identifier

isOneToMany

public boolean isOneToMany()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if the property is a one-to-many relationship

Specified by:

isOneToMany in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

Whether it is a oneToMany

isManyToOne

public boolean isManyToOne()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if the property is a many-to-one relationship

Specified by:

isManyToOne in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

Whether it is a manyToOne

getFieldName

public String getFieldName()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the domain field name for this property

Specified by:

getFieldName in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

isOneToOne

public boolean isOneToOne()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if the property is a one-to-one relationship

Specified by:

isOneToOne in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

True if it is a one-to-one relationship

getDomainClass

public GrailsDomainClass getDomainClass()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the parent domain class of the property instance

Specified by:

getDomainClass in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The parent domain class

isManyToMany

public boolean isManyToMany()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if the property is a many-to-many relationship

Specified by:

isManyToMany in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

True if it is a manyToMany

setManyToMany

protected void setManyToMany(boolean manyToMany)

Parameters:

manyToMany - The manyToMany to set.

setOneToMany

protected void setOneToMany(boolean oneToMany)

Parameters:

oneToMany - The oneToMany to set.

setManyToOne

protected void setManyToOne(boolean manyToOne)

Parameters:

manyToOne - The manyToOne to set.

setOneToOne

protected void setOneToOne(boolean oneToOne)

Parameters:

oneToOne - The oneToOne to set.

setPersistant

protected void setPersistant(boolean persistant)

Parameters:

persistant - The persistant to set.

setBidirectional

protected void setBidirectional(boolean bidirectional)

Sets whether the relationship is bidirectional or not

getTypePropertyName

public String getTypePropertyName()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the class type as a property name representation

Specified by:

getTypePropertyName in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The property name representation

getReferencedPropertyType

public Class getReferencedPropertyType()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the referenced property type. This differs from getType() in that in the case of an Association it will return the type of the elements contained within the Collection, otherwise it will delegate to getType();

Specified by:

getReferencedPropertyType in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The referenced type

isBidirectional

public boolean isBidirectional()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if the property is a bi-directional relationship

Specified by:

isBidirectional in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

A boolean value

setReferencedPropertyType

protected void setReferencedPropertyType(Class referencedPropertyType)

Sets the referenced property type of this property

getReferencedDomainClass

public GrailsDomainClass getReferencedDomainClass()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the GrailsDomainClass of a relationship property or null if the property is not a relationship property

Specified by:

getReferencedDomainClass in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The GrailsDomainClass

setReferencedDomainClass

public void setReferencedDomainClass(GrailsDomainClass referencedDomainClass)

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Sets the references domain class on the property

Specified by:

setReferencedDomainClass in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

isAssociation

public boolean isAssociation()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if this property is a relationship property

Specified by:

isAssociation in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

True if it is an associative property

getNaturalName

public String getNaturalName()

Specified by:

getNaturalName in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The natural name representation of the property (eg. 'lastName' becomes 'Last Name'

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getOtherSide

public GrailsDomainClassProperty getOtherSide()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the other side of a bidirectional association

Specified by:

getOtherSide in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The other side of the relationship or null if not known

setOtherSide

public void setOtherSide(GrailsDomainClassProperty property)

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Sets the other side of an associative property

Specified by:

setOtherSide in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

isInherited

public boolean isInherited()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Whether the property is inherited from a super class

Specified by:

isInherited in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

True if its inherited

getFetchMode

public int getFetchMode()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns the configured fetch mode for the property

Specified by:

getFetchMode in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

isOwningSide

public boolean isOwningSide()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Whether this side of the association is the "owning" side

Specified by:

isOwningSide in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

True if it is the owning side

setOwningSide

public void setOwningSide(boolean b)

Specified by:

setOwningSide in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

isCircular

public boolean isCircular()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Whether the relationship is cirucular

Specified by:

isCircular in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

True if it is

setReferencePropertyName

public void setReferencePropertyName(String name)

getReferencedPropertyName

public String getReferencedPropertyName()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Retrieves the name of property referenced by this property if it is an association and is known, otherwise null

Specified by:

getReferencedPropertyName in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The name of the prop

isEmbedded

public boolean isEmbedded()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns true if this propert is an embedded component

Specified by:

isEmbedded in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

True if it is, false otherwise

getComponent

public GrailsDomainClass getComponent()

Description copied from interface: GrailsDomainClassProperty

If #isEmbedded returns true then this method can be called to obtain a reference to the embedded component, which implements the GrailsDomainClass interface

Specified by:

getComponent in interface GrailsDomainClassProperty

Returns:

The component or null if it is not an embedded component

See Also:

GrailsDomainClass, GrailsDomainClassProperty.isEmbedded()

setEmbedded

public void setEmbedded(boolean isEmbedded)