net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties
Class TypeProperty

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.AbstractProperty<T>
      net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.AbstractPackagedProperty<Class>
          net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.TypeProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<PropertyDescriptor<?>>, PropertyDescriptor<Class>

public class TypeProperty
extends AbstractPackagedProperty<Class>

Defines a property that supports single class types, even for primitive values! TODO - untested for array types

Author:

Brian Remedios

Field Summary

static PropertyDescriptorFactory

FACTORY

Fields inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.AbstractPackagedProperty

PACKAGED_FIELD_TYPES_BY_KEY

Fields inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.AbstractProperty

DEFAULT_DELIMITER, DEFAULT_NUMERIC_DELIMITER

Constructor Summary

TypeProperty(String theName, String theDescription, Class<?> theDefault, String[] legalPackageNames, float theUIOrder)
Constructor for TypeProperty.

TypeProperty(String theName, String theDescription, String defaultTypeStr, Map<String,String> otherParams, float theUIOrder)

TypeProperty(String theName, String theDescription, String defaultTypeStr, String[] legalPackageNames, float theUIOrder)

Method Summary

protected String	asString(Object value) Return the value as a string that can be easily recognized and parsed when we see it again.
protected String	defaultAsString()
protected String	itemTypeName() Method itemTypeName.
protected String	packageNameOf(Object item) Method packageNameOf.
Class<Class>	type() Denotes the value datatype.
Class<?>	valueFrom(String valueString) If the property is multi-valued then return the separate values after parsing the propertyString provided.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.AbstractPackagedProperty

addAttributesTo, legalPackageNames, packageNamesIn, valueErrorFor

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.properties.AbstractProperty

areEqual, asDelimitedString, asDelimitedString, attributeValuesById, choices, compareTo, defaultHasNullValue, defaultValue, description, equals, errorFor, hashCode, isArray, isMultiValue, isRequired, multiValueDelimiter, name, preferredRowCount, propertyErrorFor, toString, typeErrorFor, uiOrder, valuesErrorFor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

FACTORY

public static final PropertyDescriptorFactory FACTORY

Constructor Detail

TypeProperty

public TypeProperty(String theName,
                    String theDescription,
                    Class<?> theDefault,
                    String[] legalPackageNames,
                    float theUIOrder)

Constructor for TypeProperty.

Parameters:

theName - String

theDescription - String

theDefault - Class

legalPackageNames - String[]

theUIOrder - float

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

TypeProperty

public TypeProperty(String theName,
                    String theDescription,
                    String defaultTypeStr,
                    String[] legalPackageNames,
                    float theUIOrder)

Parameters:

theName - String

theDescription - String

defaultTypeStr - String

legalPackageNames - String[]

theUIOrder - float

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

TypeProperty

public TypeProperty(String theName,
                    String theDescription,
                    String defaultTypeStr,
                    Map<String,String> otherParams,
                    float theUIOrder)

Parameters:

theName - String

theDescription - String

defaultTypeStr - String

otherParams - Map

theUIOrder - float

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

Method Detail

defaultAsString

protected String defaultAsString()

Overrides:

defaultAsString in class AbstractProperty<Class>

Returns:

String

packageNameOf

protected String packageNameOf(Object item)

Method packageNameOf.

Specified by:

packageNameOf in class AbstractPackagedProperty<Class>

Parameters:

item - Object

Returns:

String

type

public Class<Class> type()

Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor

Denotes the value datatype.

Returns:

Class

See Also:

PropertyDescriptor.type()

itemTypeName

protected String itemTypeName()

Description copied from class: AbstractPackagedProperty

Method itemTypeName.

Specified by:

itemTypeName in class AbstractPackagedProperty<Class>

Returns:

String

asString

protected String asString(Object value)

Description copied from class: AbstractProperty

Return the value as a string that can be easily recognized and parsed when we see it again.

Overrides:

asString in class AbstractProperty<Class>

Parameters:

value - Object

Returns:

String

valueFrom

public Class<?> valueFrom(String valueString)

Description copied from interface: PropertyDescriptor

If the property is multi-valued then return the separate values after parsing the propertyString provided. If it isn't a multi-valued property then the value will be returned within an array of size[1].

Parameters:

valueString - String

Returns:

Object

See Also:

PropertyDescriptor.valueFrom(String)