com.neurosys.template.model

Class MetaItem

java.lang.Object

com.neurosys.template.model.MetaItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CollectionMetaItem

public class MetaItem
extends Object
implements Serializable

Meta Data to describe a field-value of Content for rendering purposes. The Meta Data can guide Dynamic UI on how the related data should be rendered.

Author:

Arjun Dhar

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetaItem(FacetMeta facet)
MetaItem(FacetMeta facet, Field f) Merge Field & FacetMeta definitions into one MetaItem

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDisplayName() Name to show for field on User interfaces
FacetMeta	getFacetMeta()
Field	getField() Deprecated.
Class	getFieldClassOwner() If there is a Field get the Class owning the field (= entity class)
String	getFieldName()
String	getName() Convenience method to Extract name from facetMeta (attribute) or fieldName
ContentType	getType() Convenience method to Extract type from facetMeta or field
boolean	isCollectionType() Is the type of this meta a collection of inner Content type.
void	setFieldName(String fieldName)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetaItem

public MetaItem(FacetMeta facet)

MetaItem

public MetaItem(FacetMeta facet,
                Field f)

Merge Field & FacetMeta definitions into one MetaItem

Parameters:

facet - as FacetMeta

f - as Field

Method Detail

getFieldName

public String getFieldName()

setFieldName

public void setFieldName(String fieldName)

getFacetMeta

public FacetMeta getFacetMeta()

getField

@Deprecated
public Field getField()

Deprecated.

If there is a real Entity field related, return that or else return null
Avoid use as much as possible. No replacement method yet for complex operations. For rest one can see existing methods within this class MetaItem

getName

public String getName()

Convenience method to Extract name from facetMeta (attribute) or fieldName

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()

Name to show for field on User interfaces

Returns:

getType

public ContentType getType()

Convenience method to Extract type from facetMeta or field

getFieldClassOwner

public Class getFieldClassOwner()

If there is a Field get the Class owning the field (= entity class)

isCollectionType

public boolean isCollectionType()

Is the type of this meta a collection of inner Content type. i.e. the getType() actually represents an element within a collelction

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object