net.sourceforge.pmd
Interface PropertyDescriptorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicPropertyDescriptorFactory

public interface PropertyDescriptorFactory

A factory to create PropertyDescriptors based on a map of values.

Author:

Brian Remedios

Method Summary

PropertyDescriptor<?>	createWith(Map<String,String> valuesById) Create a property descriptor of the appropriate type using the values provided.
Map<String,Boolean>	expectedFields() Denote the identifiers of the expected fields paired with booleans denoting whether they are required (non-null) or not.
Class<?>	valueType() The type of the value of the PropertyDescriptor created by this factory.

Method Detail

valueType

Class<?> valueType()

The type of the value of the PropertyDescriptor created by this factory.

Returns:

the type of the value.

expectedFields

Map<String,Boolean> expectedFields()

Denote the identifiers of the expected fields paired with booleans denoting whether they are required (non-null) or not.

Returns:

Map

createWith

PropertyDescriptor<?> createWith(Map<String,String> valuesById)

Create a property descriptor of the appropriate type using the values provided.

Parameters:

valuesById - the map of values

Returns:

a new and initialized PropertyDescriptor