java.lang.Object
- com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement<R>
- - com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
  - - com.xpn.xwiki.objects.classes.PropertyClass

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyClassInterface, ElementInterface, ObjectInterface, PropertyInterface, Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<PropertyClass>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanClass, ComputedFieldClass, DateClass, ListClass, NumberClass, StringClass
```
public class PropertyClass
extends BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
implements PropertyClassInterface, Comparable<PropertyClass>
```
Represents an XClass property and contains property definitions (eg "relational storage", "display type", "separator", "multi select", etc). Each property definition is of type BaseProperty.

Version:

$Id: 42f56f1a31aa076050dc1ffbc4619d77a20fa996 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected String cachedCustomDisplayer
- Fields inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseCollection
  currentReferenceDocumentReferenceResolver, fields, fieldsToRemove, number, relativeEntityReferenceResolver
- Fields inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement
  documentReference, ownerDocument, referenceCache

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PropertyClass()

PropertyClass(String name, String prettyname, PropertyMetaClass xWikiClass)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PropertyClass`	`clone()`
`int`	`compareTo(PropertyClass other)`	Compares two property definitions based on their index number.
`protected ClassPropertyReference`	`createReference()`
`void`	`displayCustom(StringBuffer buffer, String fieldName, String prefix, String type, BaseObject object, XWikiContext context)`
`void`	`displayEdit(StringBuffer buffer, String name, String prefix, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`String`	`displayEdit(String name, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`String`	`displayEdit(String name, String prefix, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`void`	`displayHidden(StringBuffer buffer, String name, String prefix, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`String`	`displayHidden(String name, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`String`	`displayHidden(String name, String prefix, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`void`	`displayView(StringBuffer buffer, String name, String prefix, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`String`	`displayView(String name, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`String`	`displayView(String name, String prefix, BaseCollection object, XWikiContext context)`
`void`	`flushCache()`
`BaseProperty`	`fromString(String value)`
`BaseProperty`	`fromStringArray(String[] strings)`
`BaseProperty`	`fromValue(Object value)`
`void`	`fromXML(org.dom4j.Element element)`
`protected String`	`getCachedDefaultCustomDisplayer(XWikiContext context)`	Returns the current cached default custom displayer for the PropertyClass.
`String`	`getClassName()`	Note that this method cannot be removed for now since it's used by Hibernate for saving an XObject.
`String`	`getClassType()`	Each type of XClass property is identified by a string that specifies the data type of the property value (e.g.
`String`	`getCustomDisplay()`
`protected String`	`getDefaultCustomDisplayer(String propertyClassName, XWikiContext context)`	Method to find the default custom displayer to use for a specific Property Class.
`String`	`getFieldFullName()`	Computes the field full name using this format: `parentName_fieldName`.
`protected String`	`getFullQueryPropertyName()`
`String`	`getHint()`	Get the localized hint.
`long`	`getId()`	Return an truncated MD5 hash of the local key computed in `BaseElement.getLocalKey()`.
`String`	`getName()`
`int`	`getNumber()`
`BaseCollection`	`getObject()`
`String`	`getPrettyName()`
`String`	`getPrettyName(XWikiContext context)`
`String`	`getTooltip()`
`String`	`getTooltip(XWikiContext context)`	Gets international tooltip
`String`	`getTranslatedPrettyName(XWikiContext context)`
`String`	`getValidationMessage()`
`String`	`getValidationRegExp()`
`BaseClass`	`getXClass(XWikiContext context)`
`BaseClass`	`getxWikiClass()`
`void`	`initLazyCollections()`
`boolean`	`isCustomDisplayed(XWikiContext context)`
`boolean`	`isDisabled()`	See if this property is disabled or not.
`boolean`	`isUnmodifiable()`
`boolean`	`isValidColumnTypes(org.hibernate.mapping.Property hibprop)`
`<T extends EntityReference> void`	`mergeProperty(BaseProperty<T> currentProperty, BaseProperty<T> previousProperty, BaseProperty<T> newProperty, MergeConfiguration configuration, XWikiContext context, MergeResult mergeResult)`	Apply a 3 ways merge on passed current, previous and new version of the same property.
`BaseProperty`	`newProperty()`
`BaseProperty`	`newPropertyfromXML(org.dom4j.Element ppcel)`
`protected String`	`renderContentInContext(String content, String syntax, DocumentReference authorReference, XWikiContext context)`	Deprecated. since 10.11RC1, use `renderContentInContext(String, String, DocumentReference, DocumentReference, XWikiContext)` instead
`protected String`	`renderContentInContext(String content, String syntax, DocumentReference authorReference, DocumentReference secureDocument, XWikiContext context)`	Render content in the current document's context with the rights of the given user.
`void`	`setClassType(String type)`	Deprecated. since 4.3M1, the property class type cannot be modified
`void`	`setCustomDisplay(String value)`
`void`	`setDisabled(boolean disabled)`	Disable or re-enable this property.
`void`	`setHint(String hint)`	Set the text displayed in the object editor to help the user filling some content.
`void`	`setId(long id)`	Dummy function, do hibernate is always happy.
`void`	`setName(String name)`
`void`	`setNumber(int number)`
`void`	`setObject(BaseCollection object)`
`void`	`setPrettyName(String prettyName)`
`void`	`setTooltip(String tooltip)`
`void`	`setUnmodifiable(boolean unmodifiable)`
`void`	`setValidationMessage(String validationMessage)`
`void`	`setValidationRegExp(String validationRegExp)`
`void`	`setxWikiClass(BaseClass xWikiClass)`
`String`	`toFormString()`
`String`	`toString(BaseProperty property)`
`org.dom4j.Element`	`toXML()`
`org.dom4j.Element`	`toXML(BaseClass bclass)`
`boolean`	`validateProperty(BaseProperty property, XWikiContext context)`

Methods inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseCollection
addField, addPropertyForRemoval, apply, equals, get, getCurrentReferenceDocumentReferenceResolver, getCustomMappingMap, getDateValue, getDiff, getDoubleValue, getField, getFieldList, getFieldsToRemove, getFloatValue, getIntValue, getIntValue, getLargeStringValue, getListValue, getLongValue, getProperties, getPropertyList, getPropertyNames, getRelativeEntityReferenceResolver, getRelativeXClassReference, getSetValue, getSortedIterator, getStringValue, getXClassReference, merge, merge, mergeField, put, removeField, safeget, safeput, setClassName, setDateValue, setDBStringListValue, setDocumentReference, setDoubleValue, setFields, setFieldsToRemove, setFloatValue, setIntValue, setLargeStringValue, setLongValue, setOwnerDocument, setSetValue, setStringListValue, setStringValue, setXClassReference, toXMLString

Methods inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement
fromXML, getDocumentReference, getLocalEntityReferenceSerializer, getLocalization, getLocalKey, getLocalUidStringEntityReferenceSerializer, getMergeManager, getOwnerDocument, getReference, getXWikiContext, hashCode, localizePlain, localizePlainOrKey, merge, toString, toXMLString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.xpn.xwiki.objects.ElementInterface
apply, getDocumentReference, getReference, merge, merge, setDocumentReference, toString

Methods inherited from interface com.xpn.xwiki.objects.ObjectInterface
get, put, safeget, safeput

Methods inherited from interface com.xpn.xwiki.objects.classes.PropertyClassInterface
displayView

- Field Detail
  - cachedCustomDisplayer
```
protected String cachedCustomDisplayer
```
- Constructor Detail
  - PropertyClass
```
public PropertyClass()
```
  - PropertyClass
```
public PropertyClass(String name,
                     String prettyname,
                     PropertyMetaClass xWikiClass)
```
- Method Detail
  - createReference
```
protected ClassPropertyReference createReference()
```
    Overrides:
    
    createReference in class BaseElement<ClassPropertyReference>
  - getXClass
```
public BaseClass getXClass(XWikiContext context)
```
    Specified by:
    
    getXClass in interface ObjectInterface
    
    Overrides:
    
    getXClass in class BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
  - getxWikiClass
```
public BaseClass getxWikiClass()
```
  - setxWikiClass
```
public void setxWikiClass(BaseClass xWikiClass)
```
  - getObject
```
public BaseCollection getObject()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getObject in interface PropertyInterface
  - setObject
```
public void setObject(BaseCollection object)
```
    Specified by:
    
    setObject in interface PropertyInterface
  - getFieldFullName
```
public String getFieldFullName()
```
    Computes the field full name using this format: parentName_fieldName. There are 2 main cases:
    
    this is a class property: the prefix is the class reference (e.g. XWiki.TagClass_tags)
    
    this is a meta property: the prefix is the property type (e.g. TextArea_editor)
    Returns:
    
    the field full name
  - getId
```
public long getId()
```
    Description copied from class: BaseElement
    
    Return an truncated MD5 hash of the local key computed in BaseElement.getLocalKey().
    
    Specified by:
    
    getId in interface PropertyInterface
    
    Overrides:
    
    getId in class BaseElement<ClassPropertyReference>
    
    Returns:
    
    the identifier used by hibernate for storage.
  - setId
```
public void setId(long id)
```
    Description copied from class: BaseElement
    
    Dummy function, do hibernate is always happy.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setId in interface PropertyInterface
    
    Overrides:
    
    setId in class BaseElement<ClassPropertyReference>
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - the identifier assigned by hibernate.
  - toString
```
public String toString(BaseProperty property)
```
    Specified by:
    
    toString in interface PropertyClassInterface
  - fromString
```
public BaseProperty fromString(String value)
```
    Specified by:
    
    fromString in interface PropertyClassInterface
  - newPropertyfromXML
```
public BaseProperty newPropertyfromXML(org.dom4j.Element ppcel)
```
  - displayHidden
```
public void displayHidden(StringBuffer buffer,
                          String name,
                          String prefix,
                          BaseCollection object,
                          XWikiContext context)
```
    Specified by:
    
    displayHidden in interface PropertyClassInterface
  - displayView
```
public void displayView(StringBuffer buffer,
                        String name,
                        String prefix,
                        BaseCollection object,
                        XWikiContext context)
```
    Specified by:
    
    displayView in interface PropertyClassInterface
  - displayEdit
```
public void displayEdit(StringBuffer buffer,
                        String name,
                        String prefix,
                        BaseCollection object,
                        XWikiContext context)
```
    Specified by:
    
    displayEdit in interface PropertyClassInterface
  - displayHidden
```
public String displayHidden(String name,
                            String prefix,
                            BaseCollection object,
                            XWikiContext context)
```
  - displayHidden
```
public String displayHidden(String name,
                            BaseCollection object,
                            XWikiContext context)
```
  - displayView
```
public String displayView(String name,
                          String prefix,
                          BaseCollection object,
                          XWikiContext context)
```
  - displayView
```
public String displayView(String name,
                          BaseCollection object,
                          XWikiContext context)
```
  - displayEdit
```
public String displayEdit(String name,
                          String prefix,
                          BaseCollection object,
                          XWikiContext context)
```
  - displayEdit
```
public String displayEdit(String name,
                          BaseCollection object,
                          XWikiContext context)
```
  - isCustomDisplayed
```
public boolean isCustomDisplayed(XWikiContext context)
```
  - displayCustom
```
public void displayCustom(StringBuffer buffer,
                          String fieldName,
                          String prefix,
                          String type,
                          BaseObject object,
                          XWikiContext context)
                   throws XWikiException
```
    Throws:
    
    XWikiException
  - renderContentInContext
```
@Deprecated
protected String renderContentInContext(String content,
                                        String syntax,
                                        DocumentReference authorReference,
                                        XWikiContext context)
                                 throws Exception
```
    Deprecated.
    since 10.11RC1, use renderContentInContext(String, String, DocumentReference, DocumentReference, XWikiContext) instead
    
    Render content in the current document's context with the rights of the given user.
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception
    
    Since:
    
    8.3M2
  - renderContentInContext
```
protected String renderContentInContext(String content,
                                        String syntax,
                                        DocumentReference authorReference,
                                        DocumentReference secureDocument,
                                        XWikiContext context)
                                 throws Exception
```
    Render content in the current document's context with the rights of the given user.
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception
    
    Since:
    
    10.11RC1
  - getClassName
```
public String getClassName()
```
    Description copied from class: BaseCollection
    
    Note that this method cannot be removed for now since it's used by Hibernate for saving an XObject.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getClassName in class BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
  - getName
```
public String getName()
```
    Description copied from class: BaseElement
    
    Note that this method is used by Hibernate for saving an element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getName in interface ElementInterface
    
    Overrides:
    
    getName in class BaseElement<ClassPropertyReference>
    
    Returns:
    
    the free form name (for elements which don't point to a reference, for example for instances of BaseProperty).
    
    See Also:
    
    ElementInterface.getName()
  - setName
```
public void setName(String name)
```
    Description copied from class: BaseElement
    
    Note that this method is used by Hibernate for loading an element.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setName in interface ElementInterface
    
    Overrides:
    
    setName in class BaseElement<ClassPropertyReference>
    
    See Also:
    
    ElementInterface.setName(java.lang.String)
  - getCustomDisplay
```
public String getCustomDisplay()
```
  - setCustomDisplay
```
public void setCustomDisplay(String value)
```
  - getPrettyName
```
public String getPrettyName()
```
    Overrides:
    
    getPrettyName in class BaseElement<ClassPropertyReference>
  - getPrettyName
```
public String getPrettyName(XWikiContext context)
```
  - getTranslatedPrettyName
```
public String getTranslatedPrettyName(XWikiContext context)
```
  - setPrettyName
```
public void setPrettyName(String prettyName)
```
    Overrides:
    
    setPrettyName in class BaseElement<ClassPropertyReference>
  - getHint
```
public String getHint()
```
    Get the localized hint. A hint is a text displayed in the object editor to help the user filling some content.
    
    Returns:
    
    the localized hint.
    
    Since:
    
    9.11RC1
  - setHint
```
public void setHint(String hint)
```
    Set the text displayed in the object editor to help the user filling some content.
    
    Since:
    
    9.11RC1
  - getTooltip
```
public String getTooltip()
```
  - getTooltip
```
public String getTooltip(XWikiContext context)
```
    Gets international tooltip
    
    Parameters:
    
    context -
    
    Returns:
  - setTooltip
```
public void setTooltip(String tooltip)
```
  - getNumber
```
public int getNumber()
```
    Overrides:
    
    getNumber in class BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
  - setNumber
```
public void setNumber(int number)
```
    Overrides:
    
    setNumber in class BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
  - 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. See PropertyClassProvider for instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    an identifier for the data type of the property value (e.g. 'String', 'Number', 'Date')
  - setClassType
```
@Deprecated
public void setClassType(String type)
```
    Deprecated.
    since 4.3M1, the property class type cannot be modified
    
    Sets the property class type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the class type
  - clone
```
public PropertyClass clone()
```
    Specified by:
    
    clone in interface PropertyInterface
    
    Overrides:
    
    clone in class BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
  - toXML
```
public org.dom4j.Element toXML(BaseClass bclass)
```
    Specified by:
    
    toXML in interface ObjectInterface
    
    Overrides:
    
    toXML in class BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
  - toXML
```
public org.dom4j.Element toXML()
```
    Specified by:
    
    toXML in interface PropertyInterface
    
    Overrides:
    
    toXML in class BaseCollection<ClassPropertyReference>
  - fromXML
```
public void fromXML(org.dom4j.Element element)
             throws XWikiException
```
    Overrides:
    
    fromXML in class BaseElement<ClassPropertyReference>
    
    Throws:
    
    XWikiException
  - toFormString
```
public String toFormString()
```
    Specified by:
    
    toFormString in interface PropertyInterface
  - initLazyCollections
```
public void initLazyCollections()
```
  - isUnmodifiable
```
public boolean isUnmodifiable()
```
  - setUnmodifiable
```
public void setUnmodifiable(boolean unmodifiable)
```
  - 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
    
    See Also:
    
    setDisabled(boolean)
  - setDisabled
```
public void setDisabled(boolean disabled)
```
    Disable or re-enable this property. A disabled property should not be editable, but existing object values are still kept in the database.
    
    Parameters:
    
    disabled - whether the property is disabled or not
    
    Since:
    
    2.4M2
    
    See Also:
    
    isDisabled()
  - fromStringArray
```
public BaseProperty fromStringArray(String[] strings)
```
  - isValidColumnTypes
```
public boolean isValidColumnTypes(org.hibernate.mapping.Property hibprop)
```
  - fromValue
```
public BaseProperty fromValue(Object value)
```
    Specified by:
    
    fromValue in interface PropertyClassInterface
  - newProperty
```
public BaseProperty newProperty()
```
    Specified by:
    
    newProperty in interface PropertyClassInterface
  - setValidationRegExp
```
public void setValidationRegExp(String validationRegExp)
```
  - getValidationRegExp
```
public String getValidationRegExp()
```
  - getValidationMessage
```
public String getValidationMessage()
```
  - setValidationMessage
```
public void setValidationMessage(String validationMessage)
```
  - validateProperty
```
public boolean validateProperty(BaseProperty property,
                                XWikiContext context)
```
  - flushCache
```
public void flushCache()
```
    Specified by:
    
    flushCache in interface PropertyClassInterface
  - 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:
    
    getNumber()
  - getFullQueryPropertyName
```
protected String getFullQueryPropertyName()
```
  - getCachedDefaultCustomDisplayer
```
protected String getCachedDefaultCustomDisplayer(XWikiContext context)
```
    Returns the current cached default custom displayer for the PropertyClass. The result will be cached and can be flushed using flushCache(). If it returns the empty string, then there is no default custom displayer for this class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - the current request context
    
    Returns:
    
    An identifier for the location of a custom displayer. This can be class if there's custom display code specified in the class itself, page:currentwiki:XWiki.BooleanDisplayer if such a document exists in the current wiki, page:xwiki:XWiki.StringDisplayer if such a document exists in the main wiki, or template:displayer_boolean.vm if a template on the filesystem or in the current skin exists.
  - getDefaultCustomDisplayer
```
protected String getDefaultCustomDisplayer(String propertyClassName,
                                           XWikiContext context)
```
    Method to find the default custom displayer to use for a specific Property Class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyClassName - the type of the property; this is defined in each subclass, such as boolean, string or dblist
    
    context - the current request context
    
    Returns:
    
    An identifier for the location of a custom displayer. This can be class if there's custom display code specified in the class itself, page:currentwiki:XWiki.BooleanDisplayer if such a document exists in the current wiki, page:xwiki:XWiki.StringDisplayer if such a document exists in the main wiki, or template:displayer_boolean.vm if a template on the filesystem or in the current skin exists.
  - mergeProperty
```
public <T extends EntityReference> void mergeProperty(BaseProperty<T> currentProperty,
                                                      BaseProperty<T> previousProperty,
                                                      BaseProperty<T> newProperty,
                                                      MergeConfiguration configuration,
                                                      XWikiContext context,
                                                      MergeResult mergeResult)
```
    Apply a 3 ways merge on passed current, previous and new version of the same property. The passed current version is modified as result of the merge.
    
    Parameters:
    
    currentProperty - the current version of the element and the one to modify
    
    previousProperty - the previous version of the element
    
    newProperty - the new version of the property
    
    configuration - the configuration of the merge Indicate how to deal with some conflicts use cases, etc.
    
    context - the XWiki context
    
    mergeResult - the merge report
    
    Since:
    
    6.2M1

Constructor	Description
`PropertyClass()`
`PropertyClass(String name, String prettyname, PropertyMetaClass xWikiClass)`

Class PropertyClass

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseCollection

Fields inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseCollection

Methods inherited from class com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseElement

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Methods inherited from interface com.xpn.xwiki.objects.ElementInterface

Methods inherited from interface com.xpn.xwiki.objects.ObjectInterface

Methods inherited from interface com.xpn.xwiki.objects.classes.PropertyClassInterface

Field Detail

cachedCustomDisplayer

Constructor Detail

PropertyClass

PropertyClass

Method Detail

createReference

getXClass

getxWikiClass

setxWikiClass

getObject

setObject

getFieldFullName

getId

setId

toString

fromString

newPropertyfromXML

displayHidden

displayView

displayEdit

displayHidden

displayHidden

displayView

displayView

displayEdit

displayEdit

isCustomDisplayed

displayCustom

renderContentInContext

renderContentInContext

getClassName

getName

setName

getCustomDisplay

setCustomDisplay

getPrettyName

getPrettyName

getTranslatedPrettyName

setPrettyName

getHint

setHint

getTooltip

getTooltip

setTooltip

getNumber

setNumber

getClassType

setClassType

clone

toXML

toXML

fromXML

toFormString

initLazyCollections

isUnmodifiable

setUnmodifiable

isDisabled

setDisabled

fromStringArray

isValidColumnTypes

fromValue

newProperty

setValidationRegExp

getValidationRegExp

getValidationMessage

setValidationMessage

validateProperty