net.sourceforge.stripes.util.bean
Enum NodeType

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<NodeType>
      net.sourceforge.stripes.util.bean.NodeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<NodeType>

public enum NodeType
extends Enum<NodeType>

Enum representing the type of a node in a property expression. The primary purpose of this enumeration is to provide a way to determine which property accessor to use when attempting to get or set a particular node in an expression.

Since:

Stripes 1.4

Author:

Tim Fennell

Enum Constant Summary

ArrayEntry
Represents an item stored in a Java array.

BeanProperty
Represents a regular JavaBean property accessed via getter/setter, or Field access.

ListEntry
Represents an entry in a class which implements the java.utilList interface.

MapEntry
Represents an entry in a class which implements the java.util.Map interface.

Method Summary

PropertyAccessor	getPropertyAccessor() Returns the PropertyAccessor instance that should be used to access properties of this type.
static NodeType	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static NodeType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

BeanProperty

public static final NodeType BeanProperty

Represents a regular JavaBean property accessed via getter/setter, or Field access.

MapEntry

public static final NodeType MapEntry

Represents an entry in a class which implements the java.util.Map interface.

ListEntry

public static final NodeType ListEntry

Represents an entry in a class which implements the java.utilList interface.

ArrayEntry

public static final NodeType ArrayEntry

Represents an item stored in a Java array.

Method Detail

values

public static NodeType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (NodeType c : NodeType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static NodeType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getPropertyAccessor

public PropertyAccessor getPropertyAccessor()

Returns the PropertyAccessor instance that should be used to access properties of this type.

Returns:

an instance of PropertyAccessor