Coverage Report - org.apache.commons.ognl.PropertyAccessor
 
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PropertyAccessor
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 package org.apache.commons.ognl;
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 /*
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  * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
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  * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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  * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  *
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  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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  *
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
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  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
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  * under the License.
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  */
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 import java.util.Map;
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 /**
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  * This interface defines methods for setting and getting a property from a target object. A "property" in this case is
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  * a named data value that takes the generic form of an Object---the same definition as is used by beans. But the
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  * operational semantics of the term will vary by implementation of this interface: a bean-style implementation will get
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  * and set properties as beans do, by reflection on the target object's class, but other implementations are possible,
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  * such as one that uses the property name as a key into a map.
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  * <p>
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  * An implementation of this interface will often require that its target objects all be of some particular type. For
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  * example, the MapPropertyAccessor class requires that its targets all implement the java.util.Map interface.
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  * <p>
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  * Note that the "name" of a property is represented by a generic Object. Some implementations may require properties'
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  * names to be Strings, while others may allow them to be other types---for example, ArrayPropertyAccessor treats Number
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  * names as indexes into the target object, which must be an array.
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  * 
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  * @author Luke Blanshard (blanshlu@netscape.net)
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  * @author Drew Davidson (drew@ognl.org)
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  */
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 public interface PropertyAccessor
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 {
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     /**
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      * Extracts and returns the property of the given name from the given target object.
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      * 
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      * @param context The current execution context.
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      * @param target the object to get the property from
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      * @param name the name of the property to get.
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      * @return the current value of the given property in the given object
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      * @exception OgnlException if there is an error locating the property in the given object
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      */
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     Object getProperty( Map<String, Object> context, Object target, Object name )
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         throws OgnlException;
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     /**
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      * Sets the value of the property of the given name in the given target object.
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      * 
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      * @param context The current execution context.
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      * @param target the object to set the property in
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      * @param name the name of the property to set
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      * @param value the new value for the property.
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      * @exception OgnlException if there is an error setting the property in the given object
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      */
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     void setProperty( Map<String, Object> context, Object target, Object name, Object value )
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         throws OgnlException;
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     /**
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      * Returns a java string representing the textual method that should be called to access a particular element. (ie
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      * "get")
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      * 
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      * @param context The current execution context.
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      * @param target The current object target on the expression tree being evaluated.
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      * @param index The index object that will be placed inside the string to access the value.
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      * @return The source accessor method to call.
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      */
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     String getSourceAccessor( OgnlContext context, Object target, Object index );
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     /**
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      * Returns a java string representing the textual method that should be called to set a particular element. (ie
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      * "set")
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      * 
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      * @param context The current execution context.
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      * @param target The current object target on the expression tree being evaluated.
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      * @param index The index object that will be placed inside the string to set the value.
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      * @return The source setter method to call.
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      */
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     String getSourceSetter( OgnlContext context, Object target, Object index );
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 }