org.qi4j.api.property
Interface PropertyInfo

All Known Subinterfaces:

AuthenticationMethod, LogType, Property<T>, PropertyDescriptor, PropertyTypeDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPropertyInstance, ComputedPropertyInstance, GenericPropertyInfo

public interface PropertyInfo

Provide access to metadata information about a property. The Property interface extends this one, so there is always easy access to it if you have a reference to a Property.

Method Summary

boolean	isComputed()
boolean	isImmutable()
<T> T	metaInfo(Class<T> infoType) Access metadata about the property with a given type.
QualifiedName	qualifiedName() Get the qualified name of the property which is equal to: :
Type	type() Get the type of the property.

Method Detail

isImmutable

boolean isImmutable()

isComputed

boolean isComputed()

metaInfo

<T> T metaInfo(Class<T> infoType)

Access metadata about the property with a given type. The info is registered for the property during assembly of the application.

Parameters:

infoType - the type of the metadata to return

Returns:

a metadata object that implements the requested type or null if none is registered

qualifiedName

QualifiedName qualifiedName()

Get the qualified name of the property which is equal to:
:

Returns:

the qualified name of the property

type

Type type()

Get the type of the property. If the property is declared as Property then X is returned.

Returns:

the property type