org.eclipse.vtp.framework.common
Interface IBooleanObject

All Superinterfaces:

IDataObject

public interface IBooleanObject
extends IDataObject

Represents a dynamic true or false value.

Author:

Lonnie Pryor

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

TYPE_NAME The name of the boolean type.

Method Summary

java.lang.Boolean	getValue() Returns the current value of this data object.
boolean	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Sets the value of this data object to the specified value.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.vtp.framework.common.IDataObject

getField, getType, isEqualTo, isGreaterThan, isGreaterThanOrEqualTo, isLessThan, isLessThanOrEqualTo, isReadOnly, setField, toString

Field Detail

TYPE_NAME

static final java.lang.String TYPE_NAME

The name of the boolean type.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getValue

java.lang.Boolean getValue()

Returns the current value of this data object.

Returns:

The current value of this data object.

setValue

boolean setValue(java.lang.Object value)
                 throws java.lang.IllegalStateException

Sets the value of this data object to the specified value.

This method will attempt to coerce the supplied value into a Java Boolean object.

Parameters:

value - The value to assign to this data object.

Returns:

False if the supplied value cannot be coerced into a Java Boolean.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - If this object is read-only.