org.openlowcode.design.data

Class Element

java.lang.Object

org.openlowcode.tools.misc.Named

org.openlowcode.design.data.Element

All Implemented Interfaces:

NamedInterface

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExternalElement, StoredElement

public abstract class Element
extends Named

A data element contains a unitary element of information, typically one field stored in a database

Author:

Open Lowcode SAS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Element(java.lang.String name) create an element with the given name

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	changeName(java.lang.String name) changes the name of the object.
java.lang.String	getGenericNameForProperty() provides the generic name of the variable for properties that can be instanciated multiple times
abstract java.lang.String	getJavaFieldName()
void	setGenericsName(java.lang.String genericsname) sets the generics name of the variable, typically, this will be the same even if there are different instances of the field or property.

Methods inherited from class org.openlowcode.tools.misc.Named

cleanName, equals, getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Element

public Element(java.lang.String name)

create an element with the given name

Parameters:

name - name of the element

Method Detail

getGenericNameForProperty

public java.lang.String getGenericNameForProperty()

provides the generic name of the variable for properties that can be instanciated multiple times

Returns:

setGenericsName

public void setGenericsName(java.lang.String genericsname)

sets the generics name of the variable, typically, this will be the same even if there are different instances of the field or property. As an exemple, there can be several properties 'Generic Link' on the same object. The element name for the id of the object linked will be 'generic link name+id', generics name will just be 'id'

Parameters:

genericsname - generics name

getJavaFieldName

public abstract java.lang.String getJavaFieldName()

Returns:

the java field name (type of object) for use in code generation

changeName

public void changeName(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from class: Named

changes the name of the object. Note that changing the name after the object has been inserted in a NamedList

Overrides:

changeName in class Named