Package org.xwiki.model.reference

Class ObjectReference

java.lang.Object

org.xwiki.model.reference.EntityReference

org.xwiki.model.reference.ObjectReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<EntityReference>

public class ObjectReference
extends EntityReference

Reference to an object in a document (by classname and index, document, space, wiki).

Since:

2.3M1

Version:

$Id: ca7100f9a25ab7c6ef45aefba65fa48b6a7d56b1 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

TOSTRING_SERIALIZER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	ObjectReference(String wiki, String space, String document, String objectName)	Deprecated.
	ObjectReference(String objectName, DocumentReference documentReference)
	ObjectReference(EntityReference reference)	Constructor which would raise exceptions if the source entity reference does not have the appropriate type or parent, etc.
	ObjectReference(EntityReference reference, EntityReference parent)	Clone an ObjectReference, but use the specified parent for its new parent.
protected	ObjectReference(EntityReference reference, EntityReference oldReference, EntityReference newReference)	Clone an ObjectReference, but replace one of the parent in the chain by a new one.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DocumentReference	getDocumentReference()
ObjectReference	replaceParent(EntityReference newParent)	Return a clone of this reference, but with its parent replaced by the passed one.
ObjectReference	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, equals, equals, equalsNonRecursive, extractFirstReference, extractReference, getName, getParameter, getParameters, getParent, getReversedReferenceChain, getRoot, getType, hashCode, hasParent, removeParent, setName, setParameter, setParameters, size, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectReference

public ObjectReference(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

ObjectReference

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

Clone an ObjectReference, 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

ObjectReference

public ObjectReference(String objectName,
                       DocumentReference documentReference)

Parameters:

objectName - the name of the object

documentReference - the reference of the parent document of the object

ObjectReference

public ObjectReference(EntityReference reference,
                       EntityReference parent)

Clone an ObjectReference, but use the specified parent for its new parent.

Parameters:

reference - the reference to clone

parent - the new parent to use

Since:

10.8RC1

ObjectReference

@Deprecated
public ObjectReference(String wiki,
                       String space,
                       String document,
                       String objectName)

Deprecated.

Deprecated constructor.

Parameters:

wiki - wiki where the parent document of the object is

space - space where the parent document of the object is

document - parent document of the object

objectName - the name of the object

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 an object 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 an object is always a document.

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 ObjectReference 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

replaceParent

public ObjectReference replaceParent(EntityReference newParent)

Description copied from class: EntityReference

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

Overrides:

replaceParent in class EntityReference

Parameters:

newParent - the new parent that will replace the parent

Returns:

a new reference with a amended parent chain

getDocumentReference

public DocumentReference getDocumentReference()

Returns:

the reference of the document holding this object

Since:

9.8RC1