eu.geclipse.ui.properties
Class AbstractProperty<ESourceType>

java.lang.Object
  eu.geclipse.ui.properties.AbstractProperty<ESourceType>

Type Parameters:

ESourceType - type of object, for which property will be shown

All Implemented Interfaces:

IProperty<ESourceType>

Direct Known Subclasses:

MultilineProperty

public abstract class AbstractProperty<ESourceType>
extends java.lang.Object
implements IProperty<ESourceType>

Abstract class for read-only property

Constructor Summary

AbstractProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String category)

AbstractProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String category, boolean showEmptyValue)

Method Summary

IPropertyDescriptor	getDescriptor(java.lang.Class<? extends AbstractPropertySource<?>> propSourceClass)
abstract java.lang.Object	getValue(ESourceType sourceObject) Have to be implemented in every property.
boolean	isShowEmptyValue()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractProperty

public AbstractProperty(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String category,
                        boolean showEmptyValue)

Parameters:

name - Property name

category - Property category. May be null

showEmptyValue - if false, then property will be hidden when its value is empty

AbstractProperty

public AbstractProperty(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.String category)

Parameters:

name - Property name

category - Property category. May be null

Method Detail

getValue

public abstract java.lang.Object getValue(ESourceType sourceObject)

Have to be implemented in every property. In most cases return property value as String, but it may also return IPropertySource for complex property

Specified by:

getValue in interface IProperty<ESourceType>

Parameters:

sourceObject - Object, for which property will be displayed

Returns:

Property value

See Also:

org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.IPropertySource#getPropertyValue(Object)

getDescriptor

public IPropertyDescriptor getDescriptor(java.lang.Class<? extends AbstractPropertySource<?>> propSourceClass)

Specified by:

getDescriptor in interface IProperty<ESourceType>

Parameters:

propSourceClass - property source in which this IProperty object is

Returns:

property descriptor

isShowEmptyValue

public boolean isShowEmptyValue()

Specified by:

isShowEmptyValue in interface IProperty<ESourceType>

Returns:

true if property containg null value should be shown