Package com.xpn.xwiki.api

Class PropertyClass

java.lang.Object

com.xpn.xwiki.api.Api

com.xpn.xwiki.api.Element

com.xpn.xwiki.api.Collection

com.xpn.xwiki.api.PropertyClass

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<PropertyClass>

public class PropertyClass
extends Collection
implements Comparable<PropertyClass>

XProperty definition API.

A property definition is the instantiation of a PropertyMetaClass for a particular Object definition (XClass), that customizes a property type to suit the needs of the class. For example, it can set the number type for a NumberClass, the list of possible values for a StaticListClass, etc.

Version:

$Id: c281fae27425f727d0d814c287b91721800b74e6 $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.api.Element

element

Fields inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.api.Api

context

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertyClass(PropertyClass property, XWikiContext context)	Default API constructor that creates a wrapper for a PropertyClass, given a context.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compareTo(PropertyClass other)	Compares two property definitions based on their index number.
protected PropertyClass	getBasePropertyClass()	Internal access to the wrapped PropertyClass.
String	getClassName()	Get the name of the XClass (Object Definition) this property definition belongs to.
String	getClassType()	Each type of XClass property is identified by a string that specifies the data type of the property value (e.g.
String	getHint()	Get the translated hint string that should be displayed for input fields for instances of this property definition.
List<String>	getListValues()	If the property is a ListClass, returns the possible values.
Map<String,ListItem>	getMapValues()	If the property is a ListClass, returns the possible values as a map internal key <-> displayed value.
String	getPrettyName()	Get the untranslated user-friendly name of this property.
PropertyClass	getPropertyClass()	Provides access to the wrapped PropertyClass if Programming Rights are present.
ClassPropertyReference	getReference()
String	getTooltip()	Get a tooltip string that should be displayed for input fields for instances of this property definition.
String	getTranslatedPrettyName()	Get the translated user-friendly name of this property.
String	getType()	Get the actual type of the wrapped PropertyClass.
String	getValidationMessage()	Get the message that should be displayed when a value for an instance of this property definition fails the validation.
String	getValidationRegExp()	Get the regular expression used for validating a value for an instance of this property definition.
boolean	isDisabled()	See if this property is disabled or not.

Methods inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.api.Collection

getCollection, getName, getNumber, getProperties, getProperty, getPropertyNames, getValue, getxWikiClass

Methods inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.api.Element

getBaseElement, getDocumentReference

Methods inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.api.Api

convert, convert, convert, convertAttachments, getAuthorizationManager, getContextualAuthorizationManager, getXWikiContext, hasAccess, hasAccessLevel, hasAdminRights, hasProgrammingRights, hasWikiAdminRights

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyClass

public PropertyClass(PropertyClass property,
                     XWikiContext context)

Default API constructor that creates a wrapper for a PropertyClass, given a context.

Parameters:

property - the property definition to wrap

context - the current request context

Method Detail

getBasePropertyClass

protected PropertyClass getBasePropertyClass()

Internal access to the wrapped PropertyClass.

Returns:

the wrapped property definition

getReference

public ClassPropertyReference getReference()

Overrides:

getReference in class Element

Returns:

the reference of the element

getClassType

public String getClassType()

Each type of XClass property is identified by a string that specifies the data type of the property value (e.g. 'String', 'Number', 'Date') without disclosing implementation details. The internal implementation of an XClass property type can change over time but its classType should not.

The classType can be used as a hint to lookup various components related to this specific XClass property type or it can be used as a property name to retrieve the meta class of this property from XWiki.getMetaclass().

Returns:

an identifier for the data type of the property value (e.g. 'String', 'Number', 'Date')

getType

public String getType()

Get the actual type of the wrapped PropertyClass. The returned value is extracted from the class name of the runtime object representing this property definition, and denotes a user-friendly data type name, for example StringClass, NumberClass or StaticListClass.

Returns:

the type of this property definition

See Also:

if you need the implementation hint of this property

getClassName

public String getClassName()

Get the name of the XClass (Object Definition) this property definition belongs to. For example, XWiki.XWikiUsers or Blog.BlogPostClass.

Returns:

the name of the owner XClass

getPropertyClass

@Programming
public PropertyClass getPropertyClass()

Provides access to the wrapped PropertyClass if Programming Rights are present.

Returns:

the wrapped property definition

getPrettyName

public String getPrettyName()

Get the untranslated user-friendly name of this property. For example, User type instead of the internal usertype.

Overrides:

getPrettyName in class Collection

Returns:

the configured pretty name of this property definition

See Also:

returns the actual property name

getTranslatedPrettyName

public String getTranslatedPrettyName()

Get the translated user-friendly name of this property.

Returns:

the configured pretty name of this property definition

See Also:

returns the actual property name

getHint

public String getHint()

Get the translated hint string that should be displayed for input fields for instances of this property definition.

Returns:

the hint string

Since:

9.11RC1

getValidationMessage

public String getValidationMessage()

Get the message that should be displayed when a value for an instance of this property definition fails the validation. For example, Please enter a valid IP address.

Returns:

the configured validation message

See Also:

returns the regular expression used for validating the property value

getValidationRegExp

public String getValidationRegExp()

Get the regular expression used for validating a value for an instance of this property definition.

Returns:

a string representation of the validation regular expression

See Also:

returns the message that should be displayed in case the validation failed

getTooltip

public String getTooltip()

Get a tooltip string that should be displayed for input fields for instances of this property definition.

Returns:

A raw tooltip string. The value does not escape special HTML characters, so the caller should manually escape quotes if the tooltip should be used as a value for the HTML title attribute.

isDisabled

public boolean isDisabled()

See if this property is disabled or not. A disabled property should not be editable, but existing object values are still kept in the database.

Returns:

true if this property is disabled and should not be used, false otherwise

Since:

2.4M2

getListValues

public List<String> getListValues()

If the property is a ListClass, returns the possible values. These are the internal values (keys), and not the user-friendly or translated values that would be displayed to the user.

Returns:

the list of possible (String) values

See Also:

returns both the keys and their user-friendly displayed values

getMapValues

public Map<String,ListItem> getMapValues()

If the property is a ListClass, returns the possible values as a map internal key <-> displayed value.

Returns:

the map of possible (String) values and their associated (ListItem) displayed values

See Also:

returns only the list of possible internal keys

compareTo

public int compareTo(PropertyClass other)

Compares two property definitions based on their index number.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<PropertyClass>

Parameters:

other - the other property definition to be compared with

Returns:

a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.

Since:

2.4M2

See Also:

Collection.getNumber()