edu.usc.cse.desi.model
Class AbstractDataModel

java.lang.Object
  edu.usc.cse.desi.model.AbstractDESIModel
      edu.usc.cse.desi.model.AbstractDataModel

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.EventListener, IObjectWithProperties, java.beans.PropertyChangeListener, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractConnectionDataModel, AbstractNodeDataModel, DESIDataModel

public abstract class AbstractDataModel

extends AbstractDESIModel

implements IObjectWithProperties

All Data Model objects will inherrit from this class. This class will provide the support for properties.

Author:

NeLs Started on Aug 11, 2004

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected PropertyHolder	myPropertyHolder
protected PropertyInitializer	myPropetyInitializer

Fields inherited from class edu.usc.cse.desi.model.AbstractDESIModel

listeners

Constructor Summary

AbstractDataModel()

AbstractDataModel(PropertyInitializer initializer)

Method Summary

PropertyInitializer	getMyPropertyInitializer() This can be used for situations where new Model objects need to be created and there is no direct access to DESIDataModel.
java.util.Collection	getProperties() This method returns a Collection of all the Propery objects for the given implementor.
java.lang.String	getPropertyDisplayName(java.lang.String prop_name) Properties, in addition to having values also have display names.
java.lang.Object	getPropertyValue(java.lang.String prop_name) This method should gets the given property.
boolean	hasProperty(java.lang.String prop_name) Checks to see if the object has the given property.
void	setPropertyValue(java.lang.String prop_name, java.lang.Object value) This method will set the given property with the given value.

Methods inherited from class edu.usc.cse.desi.model.AbstractDESIModel

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, propertyChange, reinitialize, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

myPropertyHolder

protected PropertyHolder myPropertyHolder

myPropetyInitializer

protected PropertyInitializer myPropetyInitializer

Constructor Detail

AbstractDataModel

public AbstractDataModel(PropertyInitializer initializer)

AbstractDataModel

public AbstractDataModel()

Method Detail

getMyPropertyInitializer

public PropertyInitializer getMyPropertyInitializer()

This can be used for situations where new Model objects need to be created and there is no direct access to DESIDataModel. You can just call getMyPropetyInitializer() on a nearby host or component.

Returns:

Returns the myPropetyInitializer.

getPropertyDisplayName

public java.lang.String getPropertyDisplayName(java.lang.String prop_name)
                                        throws PropertyNotFoundException

Description copied from interface: IObjectWithProperties

Properties, in addition to having values also have display names. This method will return the display name for the given property.

Specified by:

getPropertyDisplayName in interface IObjectWithProperties

Parameters:

prop_name -

Returns:

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException

getPropertyValue

public java.lang.Object getPropertyValue(java.lang.String prop_name)
                                  throws PropertyNotFoundException

Description copied from interface: IObjectWithProperties

This method should gets the given property. If the property does not exist, a PropertyNotFoundException is thrown.

Specified by:

getPropertyValue in interface IObjectWithProperties

Parameters:

prop_name - The name of the property to get.

Returns:

Object - The value of the given property.

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException - Thrown if the given property does not exist for this type.

hasProperty

public boolean hasProperty(java.lang.String prop_name)

Description copied from interface: IObjectWithProperties

Checks to see if the object has the given property.

Specified by:

hasProperty in interface IObjectWithProperties

Parameters:

prop_name - String - The name of the property.

Returns:

true - This object has the given property. false - This object doesn't have the given property.

setPropertyValue

public void setPropertyValue(java.lang.String prop_name,
                             java.lang.Object value)
                      throws PropertyNotFoundException,
                             java.lang.ClassCastException

Description copied from interface: IObjectWithProperties

This method will set the given property with the given value. If the property does not exist, a PropertyNotFoundException is thrown. If the type of the value is not compatable with the type of the property, it throws a ClassCastException.

Specified by:

setPropertyValue in interface IObjectWithProperties

Parameters:

prop_name - String - The name of the proerty to be set.

value - Object - The value to set the property to.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - Thrown if there is a mismatch between the given value type and the type of the property.

PropertyNotFoundException - Thrown if this object doesn't have the given property.

getProperties

public java.util.Collection getProperties()

Description copied from interface: IObjectWithProperties

This method returns a Collection of all the Propery objects for the given implementor.

Specified by:

getProperties in interface IObjectWithProperties

Returns:

Collection - A Collection of Property Objects.