com.sri.emo.dbobj
Class PartDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  com.sri.emo.dbobj.PartDescriptor

public class PartDescriptor
extends Object

Encapsulation of a part of a node. Parts can be other nodes or (owned) attributes, and have various characteristics.

Field Summary

static String	DELIMITER
static boolean	IS_NODE_OBJECT
static boolean	IS_OWNED
static int	MULTIPLE_ITEM_ALLOWED
static String	PART_DISPAY_NAME
static String	PART_HELP_STRING
static int	PICKLIST_SINGLE_ITEM
static int	SINGLE_ITEM_ALLOWED cardinalities
static int	SUMMARY_SINGLE_ITEM

Constructor Summary

PartDescriptor(String label, boolean isNodeObject, String attributeType, int partNum, int areManyAllowed)
constructor for attributes which have no summary

PartDescriptor(String label, boolean isNodeObject, String attributeType, int partNum, int areManyAllowed, String relation)
constructor for attributes which HAVE summary

PartDescriptor(String label, boolean isNodeObject, String relation, int partNum, String typeNode)
constructor for shared nodes

Method Summary

boolean	areMultipleAttributesAllowed()
String	getAttribLimit()
String	getCardinalityString()
IPartHandler	getCustomHandler()
String	getDisplayTitleOfParentNodeType(int requestingUid) return display title of node type of parent node, or empty string "" if not found
String	getParentObjectType()
List	getPicklist(int userId)
String[][]	getPicklistArray(int userId)
boolean	hasCustomHandler()
boolean	hasPicklist()
boolean	isAttribute()
boolean	isNode()
boolean	isSummary()
String	label() the label for this part which will appear in displays
int	numDisplayLines()
int	partNum()
String	relation()
void	setCardinality(int cardinality)
void	setCustomHandler(IPartHandler customHandler)
void	setParentObjectType(String parentObjectType)
String	typeOfPart()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

IS_NODE_OBJECT

public static final boolean IS_NODE_OBJECT

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Constant Field Values

IS_OWNED

public static final boolean IS_OWNED

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Constant Field Values

PART_DISPAY_NAME

public static final String PART_DISPAY_NAME

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Constant Field Values

PART_HELP_STRING

public static final String PART_HELP_STRING

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Constant Field Values

SINGLE_ITEM_ALLOWED

public static final int SINGLE_ITEM_ALLOWED

cardinalities

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MULTIPLE_ITEM_ALLOWED

public static final int MULTIPLE_ITEM_ALLOWED

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Constant Field Values

PICKLIST_SINGLE_ITEM

public static final int PICKLIST_SINGLE_ITEM

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Constant Field Values

SUMMARY_SINGLE_ITEM

public static final int SUMMARY_SINGLE_ITEM

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Constant Field Values

DELIMITER

public static final String DELIMITER

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PartDescriptor

public PartDescriptor(String label,
                      boolean isNodeObject,
                      String relation,
                      int partNum,
                      String typeNode)

constructor for shared nodes

PartDescriptor

public PartDescriptor(String label,
                      boolean isNodeObject,
                      String attributeType,
                      int partNum,
                      int areManyAllowed)

constructor for attributes which have no summary

PartDescriptor

public PartDescriptor(String label,
                      boolean isNodeObject,
                      String attributeType,
                      int partNum,
                      int areManyAllowed,
                      String relation)

constructor for attributes which HAVE summary

Parameters:

relation - is the object name for items to summarize

Method Detail

isNode

public boolean isNode()

isAttribute

public boolean isAttribute()

label

public String label()

the label for this part which will appear in displays

relation

public String relation()

typeOfPart

public String typeOfPart()

partNum

public int partNum()

getDisplayTitleOfParentNodeType

public String getDisplayTitleOfParentNodeType(int requestingUid)

return display title of node type of parent node, or empty string "" if not found

getPicklistArray

public String[][] getPicklistArray(int userId)
                            throws Exception

Returns:

array of values in picklist; return null if attribute has no picklist

Throws:

Exception

getPicklist

public List getPicklist(int userId)
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

hasPicklist

public boolean hasPicklist()

Returns:

true if this attribute has a picklist

isSummary

public boolean isSummary()

Returns:

true if this attribute is a summary

areMultipleAttributesAllowed

public boolean areMultipleAttributesAllowed()

Returns:

true if this attribute allows multiple entries

getParentObjectType

public String getParentObjectType()

setParentObjectType

public void setParentObjectType(String parentObjectType)

getAttribLimit

public String getAttribLimit()

hasCustomHandler

public boolean hasCustomHandler()

getCustomHandler

public IPartHandler getCustomHandler()

Returns:

the custom editting handler or null if this part does not have one

setCustomHandler

public void setCustomHandler(IPartHandler customHandler)

setCardinality

public void setCardinality(int cardinality)

Parameters:

cardinality - use internal int flags

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and related constants

numDisplayLines

public int numDisplayLines()

getCardinalityString

public String getCardinalityString()