com.wewebu.ow.server.ecm
Interface OwProperty

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, OwField

All Known Implementing Classes:

OwStandardProperty

public interface OwProperty
extends Comparable, OwField

Base interface for object properties. A property contains the name and value of a object property.

To be implemented with the specific ECM system.

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Method Summary

Object	clone() overridden from java.lang.Object, make sure clone is implemented in subclasses
Object	getNativeObject() get the native object from the ECM system WARNING: The returned object is Opaque.
OwPropertyClass	getPropertyClass() get the class description of the property
boolean	isHidden(int iContext_p) check if property is visible to the user
boolean	isReadOnly(int iContext_p) check if property is read only on the instance level NOTE: isReadOnly is also defined in OwPropertyClass on the class level.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface com.wewebu.ow.server.field.OwField

getFieldDefinition, getValue, setValue

Method Detail

getPropertyClass

OwPropertyClass getPropertyClass()
                                 throws Exception

get the class description of the property

Throws:

Exception

isReadOnly

boolean isReadOnly(int iContext_p)
                   throws Exception

check if property is read only on the instance level NOTE: isReadOnly is also defined in OwPropertyClass on the class level. I.e. A Property might be defined as readable on the class level, but still be write protected on a specific instance.

Parameters:

iContext_p - Context in which the property is read-only as defined by CONTEXT_...

Returns:

true if property is read only

Throws:

Exception

isHidden

boolean isHidden(int iContext_p)
                 throws Exception

check if property is visible to the user

Parameters:

iContext_p - Context in which the property is read-only as defined by CONTEXT_...

Returns:

true if property is visible to the user

Throws:

Exception

clone

Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

overridden from java.lang.Object, make sure clone is implemented in subclasses

Returns:

OwProperty copy of this object

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

getNativeObject

Object getNativeObject()
                       throws Exception

get the native object from the ECM system WARNING: The returned object is Opaque. Using the native object makes the client dependent on the ECM System

Returns:

no native object available

Throws:

Exception