com.interface21.beans
Class PropertyValue

java.lang.Object
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public class PropertyValue

extends java.lang.Object

Class to hold information and value for an individual property. Using an object here, rather than just storing all properties in a map keyed by property name, allows for more flexibility, and the ability to handle indexed properties etc. if necessary.
Note that the value doesn't need to be the final required type: a BeanWrapper implementation should handle any necessary conversion, as this object doesn't know anything about the objects it will be applied to.

Since:

13 May 2001

Version:

$Id: PropertyValue.java,v 1.1.1.1 2003/02/11 08:10:11 johnsonr Exp $

Author:

Rod Johnson

Constructor Summary

PropertyValue(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)
Creates new PropertyValue

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other)
java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of the property
java.lang.Object	getValue() Return the value of the property
java.lang.String	toString() Diagnostic method

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyValue

public PropertyValue(java.lang.String name,
                     java.lang.Object value)

Creates new PropertyValue

Parameters:

name - name of the property

value - value of the property (posibly before type conversion)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of the property

Returns:

the name of the property

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Return the value of the property

Returns:

the value of the property. Type conversion will probably not have occurred. It is the responsibility of BeanWrapper implementations to perform type conversion.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Diagnostic method

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.equals(Object)