Class MethodProperty

    • Constructor Detail

      • MethodProperty

        public MethodProperty​(String theName,
                              String theDescription,
                              Method theDefault,
                              String[] legalPackageNames,
                              float theUIOrder)
        Deprecated.
        Constructor for MethodProperty.
        Parameters:
        theName - Name of the property
        theDescription - Description
        theDefault - Default value
        legalPackageNames - Legal packages
        theUIOrder - UI order
      • MethodProperty

        public MethodProperty​(String theName,
                              String theDescription,
                              String defaultMethodStr,
                              String[] legalPackageNames,
                              float theUIOrder)
        Deprecated.
        will be removed in 7.0.0
        Constructor for MethodProperty using a string as a default value.
        Parameters:
        theName - Name of the property
        theDescription - Description
        defaultMethodStr - Default value, that will be parsed into a Method object
        legalPackageNames - Legal packages
        theUIOrder - UI order
    • Method Detail

      • asString

        protected String asString​(Method value)
        Deprecated.
        Returns a string representation of the value, even if it's null.
        Parameters:
        value - The value to describe
        Returns:
        A string representation of the value
      • type

        public Class<Method> type()
        Deprecated.
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        Denotes the value datatype. For multi value properties, this is not the List class but the list's component class.
        Returns:
        Class literal of the value type
      • valueErrorFor

        protected String valueErrorFor​(T value)
        Deprecated.
        Checks the value for an error.
        Parameters:
        value - Value to check
        Returns:
        A diagnostic error message, or null if there's no problem
      • defaultValue

        public final T defaultValue()
        Deprecated.
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        Default value to use when the user hasn't specified one or when they wish to revert to a known-good state.
        Specified by:
        defaultValue in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Returns:
        Object
      • isMultiValue

        public final boolean isMultiValue()
        Deprecated.
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        Returns whether the property is multi-valued, i.e. an array of strings,

        As unary property rule properties will return a value of one, you must use the get/setProperty accessors when working with the actual values. When working with multi-value properties then the get/setProperties accessors must be used.

        Specified by:
        isMultiValue in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Returns:
        boolean
      • asDelimitedString

        public String asDelimitedString​(T value)
        Deprecated.
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        Formats the object onto a string suitable for storage within the property map.
        Specified by:
        asDelimitedString in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Parameters:
        value - Object
        Returns:
        String
      • propertyErrorFor

        public String propertyErrorFor​(Rule rule)
        Deprecated.
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        A convenience method that returns an error string if the rule holds onto a property value that has a problem. Returns null otherwise.
        Specified by:
        propertyErrorFor in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Parameters:
        rule - Rule
        Returns:
        String
      • errorFor

        public String errorFor​(T value)
        Deprecated.
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        Validation function that returns a diagnostic error message for a sample property value. Returns null if the value is acceptable.
        Specified by:
        errorFor in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Parameters:
        value - The value to check.
        Returns:
        A diagnostic message.
      • defaultAsString

        protected final String defaultAsString()
        Deprecated.
        Returns a string representation of the default value.
        Returns:
        A string representation of the default value.
      • description

        public String description()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        Describes the property and the role it plays within the rule it is specified for. Could be used in a tooltip.
        Specified by:
        description in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Returns:
        String
      • uiOrder

        public float uiOrder()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        Denotes the relative order the property field should occupy if we are using an auto-generated UI to display and edit property values. If the value returned has a non-zero fractional part then this is can be used to place adjacent fields on the same row.
        Specified by:
        uiOrder in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Returns:
        The relative order compared to other properties of the same rule
      • preferredRowCount

        public int preferredRowCount()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        If the datatype is a String then return the preferred number of rows to allocate in the text widget, returns a value of one for all other types. Useful for multi-line XPATH editors.
        Specified by:
        preferredRowCount in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Returns:
        int
      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object
      • name

        public String name()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        The name of the property without spaces as it serves as the key into the property map.
        Specified by:
        name in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Returns:
        String
      • isDefinedExternally

        public boolean isDefinedExternally()
        Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor
        True if this descriptor was defined in the ruleset xml. This precision is necessary for the RuleSetWriter to write out the property correctly: if it was defined externally, then its definition must be written out, otherwise only its value.
        Specified by:
        isDefinedExternally in interface PropertyDescriptor<T>
        Returns:
        True if the descriptor was defined in xml