ch.elca.el4j.util.objectwrapper.interfaces
Interface Linked

All Superinterfaces:

Wrappable

All Known Implementing Classes:

LinkedHibernateImpl

public interface Linked
extends Wrappable

Apsect of having links to other objects. These links can be simple (fields containing the targets) or collections containing targets.

Author:

David Bernhard (DBD)

File-location:

Linked

Last check-in date:

2010-01-08 13:32:17 +0100 (Fr, 08. Jan 2010) by jonasha for revision 4083

Method Summary

Object[]	getAllLinked() Convenience method that returns all linked objects regardless of their location.
Collection<?>	getCollectionLinkByName(String name) Get a collection of links by name.
String[]	getCollectionLinkNames()
Object	getlinkByName(String linkName) Get a linked object by name.
String[]	getLinkNames()

Method Detail

getLinkNames

String[] getLinkNames()

Returns:

The names of all (simple) links this object has.

getCollectionLinkNames

String[] getCollectionLinkNames()

Returns:

The names of all collection links this object has.

getlinkByName

Object getlinkByName(String linkName)

Get a linked object by name.

Parameters:

linkName - The link name (from getLinkNames).

Returns:

The linked object.

getCollectionLinkByName

Collection<?> getCollectionLinkByName(String name)

Get a collection of links by name.

Parameters:

name - The collection link name.

Returns:

The collection.

getAllLinked

Object[] getAllLinked()

Convenience method that returns all linked objects regardless of their location.

Returns:

All linked objects.