Class CollectionMetaData

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable

    public class CollectionMetaData
    extends ContainerMetaData
    Representation of the MetaData of a collection.
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Field Detail

      • element

        protected ContainerComponent element
        Representation of the element of the collection.
      • singleElement

        protected boolean singleElement
        Whether this collection handles more than one element. Some collection, e.g. java.lang.Optional, will always hold only one element.
    • Constructor Detail

      • CollectionMetaData

        public CollectionMetaData​(CollectionMetaData collmd)
        Constructor to create a copy of the passed metadata.
        Parameters:
        collmd - The metadata to copy
      • CollectionMetaData

        public CollectionMetaData()
        Default constructor. Set the fields using setters, before populate().
    • Method Detail

      • populate

        public void populate​(ClassLoaderResolver clr,
                             java.lang.ClassLoader primary)
        Method to populate any defaults, and check the validity of the MetaData.
        Parameters:
        clr - ClassLoaderResolver to use for any loading operations
        primary - the primary ClassLoader to use (or null)
      • elementIsPersistent

        public boolean elementIsPersistent()
      • getElementClassMetaData

        public AbstractClassMetaData getElementClassMetaData​(ClassLoaderResolver clr)
        Convenience accessor for the Element ClassMetaData.
        Parameters:
        clr - ClassLoader resolver (in case we need to initialise it)
        Returns:
        element ClassMetaData
      • isEmbeddedElement

        public boolean isEmbeddedElement()
        Accessor for the embedded-element tag value
        Returns:
        embedded-element tag value
      • isDependentElement

        public boolean isDependentElement()
        Accessor for The dependent-element attribute indicates that the collection's element contains a reference that is to be deleted if the referring instance is deleted.
        Returns:
        dependent-element tag value
      • isSerializedElement

        public boolean isSerializedElement()
        Accessor for the serialized-element tag value
        Returns:
        serialized-element tag value
      • getElementType

        public java.lang.String getElementType()
        Accessor for the element-type tag value.
        Returns:
        element-type tag value
      • getElementTypes

        public java.lang.String[] getElementTypes()
      • setSerializedElement

        public CollectionMetaData setSerializedElement​(boolean serialized)
      • setDependentElement

        public CollectionMetaData setDependentElement​(boolean dependent)
      • setSingleElement

        public CollectionMetaData setSingleElement​(boolean singleElement)
      • getReferencedClassMetaData

        void getReferencedClassMetaData​(java.util.List<AbstractClassMetaData> orderedCmds,
                                        java.util.Set<AbstractClassMetaData> referencedCmds,
                                        ClassLoaderResolver clr)
        Accessor for all ClassMetaData referenced by this array.
        Parameters:
        orderedCmds - List of ordered ClassMetaData objects (added to).
        referencedCmds - Set of all ClassMetaData objects (added to).
        clr - the ClassLoaderResolver
      • toString

        public java.lang.String toString()
        Overrides:
        toString in class java.lang.Object