Coverage Report - org.jtheque.core.managers.properties.IPropertiesManager
 
Classes in this File Line Coverage Branch Coverage Complexity
IPropertiesManager
N/A
N/A
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  
 }