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| IPropertiesManager |
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| 1.0;1 |
| 1 | package org.jtheque.core.managers.properties; | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | /* | |
| 4 | * This file is part of JTheque. | |
| 5 | * | |
| 6 | * JTheque is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
| 7 | * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
| 8 | * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License. | |
| 9 | * | |
| 10 | * JTheque is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
| 11 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
| 12 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
| 13 | * GNU General Public License for more details. | |
| 14 | * | |
| 15 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
| 16 | * along with JTheque. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. | |
| 17 | */ | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | import org.jtheque.core.managers.ActivableManager; | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | /** | |
| 22 | * A properties manager specification. | |
| 23 | * | |
| 24 | * @author Baptiste Wicht | |
| 25 | */ | |
| 26 | public interface IPropertiesManager extends ActivableManager { | |
| 27 | /** | |
| 28 | * Create a memento for the bean. A memento is a clone of all the properties of the bean. | |
| 29 | * <p/> | |
| 30 | * Note : The properties of the Object class are not retrieved. | |
| 31 | * | |
| 32 | * @param bean The bean to create the memento from. | |
| 33 | * @param <T> The class of the bean. | |
| 34 | * @return The memento. | |
| 35 | */ | |
| 36 | <T> T createMemento(T bean); | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | /** | |
| 39 | * Generate a toString() String based on all the properties of the bean. | |
| 40 | * <p/> | |
| 41 | * Note : The properties of the Object class are not retrieved. | |
| 42 | * | |
| 43 | * @param bean The bean. | |
| 44 | * @return A String representation of all the properties of the bean. | |
| 45 | */ | |
| 46 | String toString(Object bean); | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | /** | |
| 49 | * Restore the state of the memento. It seems to copy all the properties values from the memento to the bean. | |
| 50 | * <p/> | |
| 51 | * Note : The properties of the Object class are not retrieved. | |
| 52 | * | |
| 53 | * @param bean The bean. | |
| 54 | * @param memento The memento. | |
| 55 | */ | |
| 56 | void restoreMemento(Object bean, Object memento); | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | /** | |
| 59 | * Test if two object are equals referring to a certain list of properties. | |
| 60 | * | |
| 61 | * @param bean The first bean. | |
| 62 | * @param other The other bean. | |
| 63 | * @param properties The properties to use. | |
| 64 | * | |
| 65 | * @return <code>true</code> if the two objects are equals else <code>false</code>. | |
| 66 | */ | |
| 67 | boolean areEquals(Object bean, Object other, String... properties); | |
| 68 | ||
| 69 | /** | |
| 70 | * Return the value of the property. This method parse the entire class, but use a cache, so it's better to | |
| 71 | * use it when we have to access a lot of times the same class. | |
| 72 | * | |
| 73 | * @param bean The bean to get the property value from. | |
| 74 | * @param property The property. | |
| 75 | * | |
| 76 | * @return the value of the property. | |
| 77 | */ | |
| 78 | Object getProperty(Object bean, String property); | |
| 79 | ||
| 80 | /** | |
| 81 | * Return the value of the property. This method doesn't parse the entire class, so it's quicker than | |
| 82 | * getProperty() but it doesn't use cache so if you've to use it many times, use getProperty(). | |
| 83 | * | |
| 84 | * @param bean The bean to get the property value from. | |
| 85 | * @param property The property. | |
| 86 | * | |
| 87 | * @return the value of the property. | |
| 88 | */ | |
| 89 | Object getPropertyQuickly(Object bean, String property); | |
| 90 | } |