org.beanfabrics.model
Class AbstractValuePM

java.lang.Object
  org.beanfabrics.AbstractBean
      org.beanfabrics.ValidatableBean
          org.beanfabrics.model.AbstractPM
              org.beanfabrics.model.AbstractValuePM

All Implemented Interfaces:

Bean, ContextOwner, HasComparable, IValuePM, PresentationModel, Supportable, Validatable

Direct Known Subclasses:

IconPM, TextPM

public abstract class AbstractValuePM
extends AbstractPM
implements IValuePM

The AbstractValuePM is the general superclass of PM components that implement the IValuePM interface and contain some 'value' and other additional attributes which are generally usefull for user interface programming, like title, description, mandatory, and editable.

Nested Class Summary

class

AbstractValuePM.MandatoryValidationRule This rule evaluates to invalid if the PM's "mandatory" attribute is true and the PM is empty.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.beanfabrics.model.AbstractPM

AbstractPM.PropertiesValidationRule

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String

KEY_MESSAGE_MANDATORY

Fields inherited from class org.beanfabrics.model.AbstractPM

KEY_MESSAGE_ONE_OR_MORE_INVALID

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractValuePM() Constructs a AbstractValuePM.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns the description of this PM.
java.lang.String	getTitle() Returns the title of this PM.
boolean	isEditable() Returns whether the value of this PM could be modified by the view.
boolean	isMandatory() Returns whether this PM requires a non-empty value.
void	revalidate() Updates the validation state of this object, usually by calling Validator.validate().
void	setDescription(java.lang.String description) Sets the description of this PM.
void	setEditable(boolean editable) Sets the specified boolean to indicate whether or not this PM is editable.
void	setMandatory(boolean mandatory) Sets whether this PM requires a non-empty value.
void	setTitle(java.lang.String title) Sets the title of this PM.

Methods inherited from class org.beanfabrics.model.AbstractPM

getComparable, getContext, getSupportMap, revalidateProperties

Methods inherited from class org.beanfabrics.ValidatableBean

getValidationState, getValidator, isValid, setValidationState

Methods inherited from class org.beanfabrics.AbstractBean

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, equals, getPropertyChangeSupport, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.beanfabrics.model.IValuePM

isEmpty

Methods inherited from interface org.beanfabrics.Bean

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, getPropertyChangeSupport, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from interface org.beanfabrics.validation.Validatable

getValidationState, getValidator, isValid

Methods inherited from interface org.beanfabrics.support.Supportable

getSupportMap

Methods inherited from interface org.beanfabrics.context.ContextOwner

getContext

Methods inherited from interface org.beanfabrics.HasComparable

getComparable

Field Detail

KEY_MESSAGE_MANDATORY

protected static final java.lang.String KEY_MESSAGE_MANDATORY

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractValuePM

protected AbstractValuePM()

Constructs a AbstractValuePM.

Method Detail

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns the description of this PM. It contains some words for the user that describe the type of information that is represented by this PM. Usually it's displayed to the user as some kind of a tooltip.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface IValuePM

Returns:

the description of this PM

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)

Sets the description of this PM.

Specified by:

setDescription in interface IValuePM

See Also:

IValuePM.getDescription()

isMandatory

public boolean isMandatory()

Returns whether this PM requires a non-empty value. This PM is marked as invalid if it's empty.

Specified by:

isMandatory in interface IValuePM

Returns:

whether this PM requires a non-empty value

See Also:

IValuePM.isEmpty()

setMandatory

public void setMandatory(boolean mandatory)

Sets whether this PM requires a non-empty value.

Specified by:

setMandatory in interface IValuePM

Parameters:

mandatory - set to true if this PM requires a non-empty value

See Also:

IValuePM.isMandatory()

getTitle

public java.lang.String getTitle()

Returns the title of this PM. It contains some words for the user to identify the attribute represented by this PM in the context of a containment structure. Some view components may display this title as a field label.

Specified by:

getTitle in interface IValuePM

Returns:

the title of this PM.

setTitle

public void setTitle(java.lang.String title)

Sets the title of this PM.

Specified by:

setTitle in interface IValuePM

See Also:

IValuePM.getTitle()

isEditable

public boolean isEditable()

Returns whether the value of this PM could be modified by the view. If set to false the view must not change the value but the programmer still can do it.

Specified by:

isEditable in interface IValuePM

Returns:

whether the value of this PM could be modified by the view

setEditable

public void setEditable(boolean editable)

Sets the specified boolean to indicate whether or not this PM is editable.

Specified by:

setEditable in interface IValuePM

Parameters:

editable - the boolean to be set

See Also:

IValuePM.isEditable()

revalidate

public void revalidate()

Description copied from class: ValidatableBean

Updates the validation state of this object, usually by calling Validator.validate().

Specified by:

revalidate in interface Validatable

Overrides:

revalidate in class ValidatableBean