Package org.eclipse.persistence.core.mappings

Interface CoreAttributeAccessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeAccessor, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.MethodAttributeAccessor, SDOFragmentMappingAttributeAccessor, SDOMethodAttributeAccessor

public interface CoreAttributeAccessor

INTERNAL A abstraction of attribute accessor capturing behavior common to all persistence types.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class	getAttributeClass()	Return the class type of the attribute.
String	getAttributeName()	INTERNAL: Return the attribute name.
Object	getAttributeValueFromObject(Object object)	Return the attribute value from the object.
void	initializeAttributes(Class descriptorClass)	Allow any initialization to be performed with the descriptor class.
boolean	isInstanceVariableAttributeAccessor()
boolean	isMethodAttributeAccessor()
boolean	isWriteOnly()	INTERNAL:
void	setAttributeValueInObject(Object object, Object value)	Set the attribute value into the object.
void	setIsReadOnly(boolean aBoolean)	INTERNAL
void	setIsWriteOnly(boolean aBoolean)

Method Detail

getAttributeClass

Class getAttributeClass()

Return the class type of the attribute.

getAttributeName

String getAttributeName()

INTERNAL: Return the attribute name.

getAttributeValueFromObject

Object getAttributeValueFromObject(Object object)

Return the attribute value from the object.

initializeAttributes

void initializeAttributes(Class descriptorClass)
                   throws DescriptorException

Allow any initialization to be performed with the descriptor class.

Throws:

DescriptorException

isInstanceVariableAttributeAccessor

boolean isInstanceVariableAttributeAccessor()

isMethodAttributeAccessor

boolean isMethodAttributeAccessor()

isWriteOnly

boolean isWriteOnly()

INTERNAL:

Returns:

setAttributeValueInObject

void setAttributeValueInObject(Object object,
                               Object value)

Set the attribute value into the object.

setIsReadOnly

void setIsReadOnly(boolean aBoolean)

INTERNAL

Parameters:

aBoolean -

setIsWriteOnly

void setIsWriteOnly(boolean aBoolean)