Package net.sf.basedb.core

Class ExtendedProperty

java.lang.Object
net.sf.basedb.core.ExtendedProperty
Direct Known Subclasses:
ClonableProperty, RawDataProperty
public class ExtendedProperty extends Object
Holds information about an extended property for a class.
Version:
2.0
Author:
Nicklas, Samuel
See Also:

  • Field Details

    • valid

      private static final Pattern valid
      A regexp checking for invalid characters.

    • name

      private final String name

    • type

      private final Type type

    • column

      private final String column

    • title

      private final String title

    • description

      private final String description

    • length

      private final int length

    • nullable

      private final boolean nullable

    • insertable

      private final boolean insertable

    • updateable

      private final boolean updateable

    • restrictedEdit

      private final boolean restrictedEdit

    • hidden

      private final boolean hidden

    • averageMethod

      private final Formula.AverageMethod averageMethod

    • linkers

      private final List<ExtendedPropertyLinker> linkers

  • Constructor Details

    • ExtendedProperty

      ExtendedProperty(String name, String title, String description, String column, Type type, int length, boolean nullable, boolean insertable, boolean updateable, boolean restrictedEdit, boolean hidden, Formula.AverageMethod averageMethod, List<ExtendedPropertyLinker> linkers)
      Create a new extended property. See the getter methods for a description of the parameters.

  • Method Details

    • isValidName

      public static boolean isValidName(String name)
      Check that the name only contains a-zA-Z0-9_ and starts with a letter or underscore.
      Parameters:
      name - Name to check
      Returns:
      TRUE if valid, FALSE otherwise
      Since:
      2.4

    • getName

      public String getName()
      Get the name of the extended property. This is the name that is used in queries and for the name parameter of the getExtended/setExtended methods to get or set the value of the property of an Extendable item.
      Returns:
      A string with the name
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    • getTitle

      public String getTitle()
      Get the title of the extended property. The title is not used by the core but can be used by client applications for example to display a column header.
      Returns:
      A string with the title

    • getDescription

      public String getDescription()
      Get a description of the extended property. The description is not used by the core but can be used by client applications.
      Returns:
      A string with the description

    • getColumn

      public String getColumn()
      Get the database column of the extended property. This is the name of the column in the database which holds the value.
      Returns:
      a String

    • getType

      public Type getType()
      Get the type of the extended property. The value returned is one of the defined constants by the Type enumeration.
      Returns:
      a Type enumeration.

    • getLength

      public int getLength()
      Get the maximum allowed length of the property value. This is only useful if it a string property.
      Returns:
      The maximum allowed length

    • isNullable

      public boolean isNullable()
      Check if the property allows null values or not.
      Returns:
      TRUE if null values are allowed, FALSE otherwise

    • isInsertable

      public boolean isInsertable()
      Check if the value of this property should be inserted into the datbase when creating new items.
      Returns:
      TRUE if the value should be inserted, FALSE otherwise

    • isUpdateable

      public boolean isUpdateable()
      Check if the value of this property should be updated in the database when an item is updated.
      Returns:
      TRUE if the value should be updated, FALSE otherwise

    • isRestrictedEdit

      public boolean isRestrictedEdit()
      Check if the value of this property is restricted for editing or not. This typically means that the logged in user must have a specific permission in order to change the value. To begin with restricted editing is only used for User items to lock some properties for non-administrator editing.
      Since:
      3.3

    • isHidden

      public boolean isHidden()
      Check if the value of this property is hidden or not. Hidden properties should normally not show up in user interfaces that have not been specifically designed to work with the property.
      Since:
      3.13

    • isAveragable

      public boolean isAveragable()
      If it makes sense to take the average of multiple values for this property or not. For example, it doesn't make sense to average over position coordinates, but it does make sense to average over intensity values. By default all numerical values are averagable.
      Returns:
      TRUE if it makes sense to take the average, FALSE otherwise
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    • getAverageMethod

      public Formula.AverageMethod getAverageMethod()
      Which method to use when calculating the average of a set of values. Prior to 2.4 only arithmetic mean was supported.
      Returns:
      The average method to use
      Since:
      2.4

    • parseString

      public Object parseString(String value) throws InvalidDataException
      Parse a string and return an object of the correct type for this property.
      Parameters:
      value - The value to parse
      Returns:
      An object
      Throws:
      InvalidDataException - If the string cannot be converted to the correct type
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    • parseString

      public Object parseString(String value, NumberFormat numberFormat, boolean nullIfException)
      Parse a string and return an object of the correct type for this property. Numeric properties are parsed with the specified number format. If the nullIfException parameter is TRUE null is returned if the string can't be parsed. Otherwise an exception is thrown.
      Parameters:
      value - The value to parse
      numberFormat - The number format, or null to use Double.valueOf
      nullIfException - TRUE to return null in case the string can't be parsed, FALSE to throw an exception
      Returns:
      An object or null
      Throws:
      InvalidDataException - If the string cannot be converted to the correct type and the nullIfException parameter is false
      Since:
      2.4
      See Also:

    • validateValue

      public void validateValue(Object value) throws InvalidDataException
      Check if an object is valid according to the specifications of this property. The checks include checking for null values if the property not isNullable(), check that the object is of the correct getType() and the maximum getLength() of a string.
      Parameters:
      value - The value to check
      Throws:
      InvalidDataException

    • getUrl

      public String getUrl(Object value)
      Create a link for this extended property. This method checks the linkers in the order they are defined. The first one to return a non-null value is the winner.
      Parameters:
      value - The value to link
      Returns:
      The URL, or null if no matching linker could be found