Package com.aquima.interactions.expressions

Interface IObjectDefinition

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    EntityDelegate, TslObjectDefinition
    public interface IObjectDefinition
    Interface to retrieve information of a compound object.
    Since:
    5.0
    Author:
    O. Kerpershoek, F. van der Meer

    • Method Detail

      • getType

        DataType getType()
        This method returns the data type of the value.
        Returns:
        the data type of the value.

      • getTypeName

        String getTypeName()
        This method returns the name of the type the value belongs to. The type name is only relevant for values which belong to a domain or entity.
        Returns:
        the name of the type the value belongs to.

      • getValueDefinition

        IValueDefinition getValueDefinition​(String name)
        This method will return the value definition of the member-value identified by the specified name. If the specified name does not identify a member value of this compound object, a parse exception may be thrown. example: getDefinition( "person.address.housenumber" ); ValueNode( "person.address.housenumber" ); ObjectNode( "person", new ObjectNode( "address", new ValueNode( "housenumber" ) ) ) Second structure is preferred:
      • Each FieldNode represents a call to getValue in the IValueSource interface (parsing only needed here, and not during evaluation)
      • The value cannot be requested at once through the IValueSource interface, as the objects that are traversed to get at the ValueNode may need to be activated.
        • getValue( "person.address.housenumber" ); getValue( "person" ).getValue( "address" ).getValue( "housenumber" );
Parameters:
name - The name of the member value for which the definition is requested.
Returns:
The value definition of the member with the specified name.
Throws:
ParseException - This type of exception may be thrown when the name does not identify a known type.