Interface ConfigurableFieldHandler<T>

All Superinterfaces:

FieldHandler<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFieldHandler, CollectionFieldHandler, DateFieldHandler, EnumFieldHandler, FieldHandlerImpl, GeneralizedFieldHandler, SQLTimeFieldHandler, SQLTimestampFieldHandler, ToStringFieldHandler, TransientFieldHandler, ValueOfFieldHandler, XMLFieldHandler

public interface ConfigurableFieldHandler<T>
extends FieldHandler<T>

A FieldHandler that can be configured with any kind of data. It's the responsibility of the implementing class to do something useful with the configuration data.

Version:

$Revision: $

Author:

Tom van den Berge

See Also:

• FieldHandler

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	setConfiguration(Properties config)	Set the configuration data.

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

setConfiguration

void setConfiguration(Properties config)
               throws ValidityException

Set the configuration data. It will override any previously set configuration.

Parameters:

config - the configuration data.

Throws:

ValidityException - if config is invalid for this FieldHandler.