Interface ClonableFieldHandler<T>

All Superinterfaces:

FieldHandler<T>

public interface ClonableFieldHandler<T>
extends FieldHandler<T>

Deprecated.

Use ClonableFieldHandlerMarker instead.

A FieldHandler that allows shallow/deep cloning of its state.

Version:

$Revision: $

Author:

Werner Guttmann

See Also:

• since 1.3.2

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
FieldHandler<T>	copyInstance()	Deprecated. Entry point for shallow/deep 'cloning' of FieldHandler instances.

Methods inherited from interface FieldHandler

checkValidity, getValue, newInstance, resetValue, setValue

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	checkValidity(Object object)	Deprecated. No longer supported
T	getValue(Object object)	Returns the value of the field from the object.
T	newInstance(Object parent)	Creates a new instance of the object described by this field.
void	resetValue(Object object)	Sets the value of the field to a default value.
void	setValue(Object object, T value)	Sets the value of the field on the object.

Method Details

copyInstance

FieldHandler<T> copyInstance()

Deprecated.

Entry point for shallow/deep 'cloning' of FieldHandler instances.

Returns:

the 'cloned' FieldHandler instance.