org.chromattic.api
Interface Path<O>

public interface Path<O>

A path representation allowing type safe navigation.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

<P> Path<P>	child(PropertyLiteral<O,P> property)
<P> Path<P>	child(PropertyLiteral<O,P> property, java.lang.String childName)
O	object() Returns the object referenced by this path or null if it does not exist.
Path<?>	parent() Returns the parent.
<P> Path<P>	parent(PropertyLiteral<O,P> property) Returns the parent assuming is has the specified type.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the path.

Method Detail

parent

Path<?> parent()

Returns the parent.

Returns:

the parent path

parent

<P> Path<P> parent(PropertyLiteral<O,P> property)

Returns the parent assuming is has the specified type.

Type Parameters:

P - the property type

Parameters:

property - the property

Returns:

the parent path

child

<P> Path<P> child(PropertyLiteral<O,P> property,
                  java.lang.String childName)

child

<P> Path<P> child(PropertyLiteral<O,P> property)

object

O object()

Returns the object referenced by this path or null if it does not exist.

Returns:

the referenced object

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the path.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation