ch.elca.el4j.services.persistence.hibernate.dao.extent
Class AbstractExtentPart

java.lang.Object
  ch.elca.el4j.services.persistence.hibernate.dao.extent.AbstractExtentPart

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AbstractExtentPart>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExtentCollection, ExtentEntity

public abstract class AbstractExtentPart
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable<AbstractExtentPart>

An ExtentPart is the abstract super Class of Extent parts like ExtentEntity or ExtentCollection.

Author:

Andreas Rueedlinger (ARR)

See Also:

Serialized Form

File-location:

AbstractExtentPart

Last check-in date:

2009-08-04 13:59:45 +0200 (Di, 04. Aug 2009) by swismer for revision 3873

Field Summary

protected String	m_name The name of the extent-part.
protected AbstractExtentPart	m_parent The parent of the entity, null if root.

Constructor Summary

AbstractExtentPart()

Method Summary

int	compareTo(AbstractExtentPart other)
boolean	equals(Object object)
protected String	firstCharLower(String str) Helper function to set first Character lower case.
protected String	firstCharUpper(String str) Helper function to set first Character upper case.
abstract String	getId()
Method	getMethod() Method to get the extent-part, null if root entity, otherwise set latest when added as child.
String	getName() Name of the extent-part.
AbstractExtentPart	getParent() Return the parent entity of the current extent part, null if root or contained in a collection.
int	hashCode()
protected String	nativeToString()
protected void	setParent(AbstractExtentPart parent) Sets the parent of the extent-part.
protected String	toFieldName(Method m) Helper function to convert a string from Getter-Method-name to field name.
String	toString()
protected abstract void	updateId() Updates the id of the extent part.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

m_name

protected String m_name

The name of the extent-part.

m_parent

protected AbstractExtentPart m_parent

The parent of the entity, null if root.

Constructor Detail

AbstractExtentPart

public AbstractExtentPart()

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Name of the extent-part.

Returns:

the name of the extent-part.

getParent

public AbstractExtentPart getParent()

Return the parent entity of the current extent part, null if root or contained in a collection.

Returns:

the parent.

getId

public abstract String getId()

Returns:

the id of the extent part.

updateId

protected abstract void updateId()

Updates the id of the extent part. Should be used be children to inform its parent.

compareTo

public int compareTo(AbstractExtentPart other)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<AbstractExtentPart>

setParent

protected void setParent(AbstractExtentPart parent)

Sets the parent of the extent-part.

Parameters:

parent - the parent to set.

getMethod

public Method getMethod()
                 throws SecurityException,
                        NoSuchMethodException

Method to get the extent-part, null if root entity, otherwise set latest when added as child.

Returns:

the method to get the extent-part.

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

SecurityException

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

nativeToString

protected String nativeToString()

Returns:

the old native implementation of the toString method.

toFieldName

protected String toFieldName(Method m)

Helper function to convert a string from Getter-Method-name to field name.

Parameters:

m - the method to get the field name of.

Returns:

field name

firstCharLower

protected String firstCharLower(String str)

Helper function to set first Character lower case.

Parameters:

str - string to be changed

Returns:

changed string

firstCharUpper

protected String firstCharUpper(String str)

Helper function to set first Character upper case.

Parameters:

str - string to be changed

Returns:

changed string