org.spicefactory.pimento.type
Class EnumType

java.lang.Object
  org.spicefactory.pimento.type.AbstractPropertyType
      org.spicefactory.pimento.type.EnumType

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyType

public class EnumType
extends AbstractPropertyType

Represents an Enum property.

Author:

Jens Halm

Constructor Summary

EnumType(String[] names)
Creates a new instance.

Method Summary

String[]	getNames() Returns the names of the enum constants for this property.
Object	getValueForSnapshot(Object entity, Property property, IoContext context, FetchMode fetchMode) Reads the specified property from the given entity and returns it in a form suitable for inclusion in an entity snapshot.

Methods inherited from class org.spicefactory.pimento.type.AbstractPropertyType

prepareValueFromSnapshot, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EnumType

public EnumType(String[] names)

Creates a new instance.

Parameters:

names - the names of the enum constants for this property

Method Detail

getNames

public String[] getNames()

Returns the names of the enum constants for this property.

Returns:

the names of the enum constants for this property

getValueForSnapshot

public Object getValueForSnapshot(Object entity,
                                  Property property,
                                  IoContext context,
                                  FetchMode fetchMode)

Description copied from interface: PropertyType

Reads the specified property from the given entity and returns it in a form suitable for inclusion in an entity snapshot. For associations this means that non-null values should be converted to snapshots themselves, using the provided IoContext instance. Simple values could be returned as-is in most cases.

Specified by:

getValueForSnapshot in interface PropertyType

Overrides:

getValueForSnapshot in class AbstractPropertyType

Parameters:

entity - the entity to extract the property value from

property - the property to extract

context - the active IoContext

fetchMode - the fetchMode to use if the property type is an association

Returns:

the current value of the property as a simple value, an entity snapshot or an instance of PropertyState