org.xwiki.model.reference
Class ClassPropertyReference

java.lang.Object
  org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference
      org.xwiki.model.reference.ClassPropertyReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<EntityReference>

public class ClassPropertyReference
extends EntityReference

References a property in a class in a document (the description of the property).

Since:

3.2M1

Version:

$Id: fb52b3c4b66e3367beefb2b980e6d1232f6ad6c3 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference

TOSTRING_SERIALIZER

Constructor Summary

	ClassPropertyReference(EntityReference reference) Constructor which would raise exceptions if the source entity reference does not have the appropriate type or parent, etc.
protected	ClassPropertyReference(EntityReference reference, EntityReference oldReference, EntityReference newReference) Clone an ClassPropertyReference, but replace one of the parent in the chain by a new one.
	ClassPropertyReference(String propertyName, DocumentReference classReference) Builds a property reference for the passed property in the passed object.
	ClassPropertyReference(String wiki, String space, String page, String propertyName) Deprecated.

Method Summary

ClassPropertyReference	replaceParent(EntityReference oldParent, EntityReference newParent) Return a clone of this reference, but with one of its parent replaced by another one.
protected void	setParent(EntityReference parent) Entity reference are immutable since 3.3M2, so this method is now protected.
protected void	setType(EntityType type) Entity reference are immutable since 3.3M2, so this method is now protected.

Methods inherited from class org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference

appendParent, compareTo, equals, extractReference, getName, getParameter, getParent, getReversedReferenceChain, getRoot, getType, hashCode, removeParent, setName, setParameter, setParameters, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ClassPropertyReference

public ClassPropertyReference(EntityReference reference)

Constructor which would raise exceptions if the source entity reference does not have the appropriate type or parent, etc.

Parameters:

reference - the raw reference to build this object reference from

ClassPropertyReference

protected ClassPropertyReference(EntityReference reference,
                                 EntityReference oldReference,
                                 EntityReference newReference)

Clone an ClassPropertyReference, but replace one of the parent in the chain by a new one.

Parameters:

reference - the reference that is cloned

oldReference - the old parent that will be replaced

newReference - the new parent that will replace oldReference in the chain

Since:

3.3M2

ClassPropertyReference

public ClassPropertyReference(String propertyName,
                              DocumentReference classReference)

Builds a property reference for the passed property in the passed object.

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property to create reference for

classReference - the reference to the class whose property is

ClassPropertyReference

@Deprecated
public ClassPropertyReference(String wiki,
                                         String space,
                                         String page,
                                         String propertyName)

Deprecated.

Deprecated constructor.

Parameters:

wiki - the wiki of the document where the parent class of this property is

space - the space of the document where the parent class of this property is

page - the document where the parent class of this property is

propertyName - the name of the property to refer to

Method Detail

setType

protected void setType(EntityType type)

Entity reference are immutable since 3.3M2, so this method is now protected.

Overridden to check the type to be a property type.

Overrides:

setType in class EntityReference

Parameters:

type - the type for this entity

See Also:

EntityReference.setType(org.xwiki.model.EntityType)

setParent

protected void setParent(EntityReference parent)

Entity reference are immutable since 3.3M2, so this method is now protected.

Overridden to ensure that the parent of a property is always an object.

Overrides:

setParent in class EntityReference

Parameters:

parent - the parent for this entity, may be null for a root entity.

See Also:

EntityReference.setParent(org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference)

replaceParent

public ClassPropertyReference replaceParent(EntityReference oldParent,
                                            EntityReference newParent)

Description copied from class: EntityReference

Return a clone of this reference, but with one of its parent replaced by another one.

Overrides:

replaceParent in class EntityReference

Parameters:

oldParent - the old parent that will be replaced

newParent - the new parent that will replace oldParent in the chain. If the same as oldParent, this is returned.

Returns:

a new reference with a amended parent chain