net.sourceforge.stripes.util.bean
Enum NodeType

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<NodeType>
      extended by net.sourceforge.stripes.util.bean.NodeType
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<NodeType>

public enum NodeType
extends Enum<NodeType>

Enum representing the type of a node in a property expression. The primary purpose of this enumeration is to provide a way to determine which property accessor to use when attempting to get or set a particular node in an expression.

Since:
Stripes 1.4
Author:
Tim Fennell

Enum Constant Summary
ArrayEntry
          Represents an item stored in a Java array.
BeanProperty
          Represents a regular JavaBean property accessed via getter/setter, or Field access.
ListEntry
          Represents an entry in a class which implements the java.utilList interface.
MapEntry
          Represents an entry in a class which implements the java.util.Map interface.
 
Method Summary
 PropertyAccessor getPropertyAccessor()
          Returns the PropertyAccessor instance that should be used to access properties of this type.
static NodeType valueOf(String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static NodeType[] values()
          Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

BeanProperty

public static final NodeType BeanProperty
Represents a regular JavaBean property accessed via getter/setter, or Field access.


MapEntry

public static final NodeType MapEntry
Represents an entry in a class which implements the java.util.Map interface.


ListEntry

public static final NodeType ListEntry
Represents an entry in a class which implements the java.utilList interface.


ArrayEntry

public static final NodeType ArrayEntry
Represents an item stored in a Java array.

Method Detail

values

public static NodeType[] values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
for (NodeType c : NodeType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:
an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static NodeType valueOf(String name)
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:
name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:
the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getPropertyAccessor

public PropertyAccessor getPropertyAccessor()
Returns the PropertyAccessor instance that should be used to access properties of this type.

Returns:
an instance of PropertyAccessor


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