com.dynamide.datatypes
Class Datatype

java.lang.Object
  com.dynamide.DynamideObject
      com.dynamide.datatypes.Datatype

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGet

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanDatatype, ColumnDatatype, EnumeratedDatatype, ExpandableDatatype, FieldDatatype, IntegerDatatype, LinkOptions, PublishParamsDatatype, SloppyBooleanDatatype, StringDatatype

public abstract class Datatype
extends DynamideObject

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.dynamide.DynamideObject

m_id

Constructor Summary

Datatype()

Datatype(DynamideObject owner, Session session)

Method Summary

abstract void	addXMLContentTo(org.jdom.Element container)
java.lang.Object	clone()
protected Datatype	createClone() subclasses can override and replace
java.lang.String	dump() Subclasses can override this with something more descriptive, for logging and debugging.
java.lang.String	dumpHTML() Subclasses can override this with something more descriptive, for logging and debugging.
void	finalize()
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String what) Subclasses can override this.
java.lang.String	getAsStored(java.lang.String what)
java.lang.String	getDatatypeClassName()
static java.lang.String	getDatatypeClassName(Datatype dt)
static java.lang.String	getDatatypeClassName(java.lang.String datatype)
static Datatype	getDatatypeInstance(DynamideObject owner, java.lang.String datatype, Session session)
Property	getProperty()
Session	getSession()
void	init(org.jdom.Element element, java.lang.String ownerID)
protected void	insertItemDatatype(org.jdom.Element item, Datatype dt)
void	set(java.lang.String what, java.lang.String value)
void	setProperty(Property new_value)
void	setSession(Session new_value)
ValidationResult	validate()

Methods inherited from class com.dynamide.DynamideObject

clearProfiler, dump, expand, findParentExpander, findParentPage, findParentSession, findTopParentPage, getCategoryID, getDotName, getID, getNextGetter, getObjectID, getOwner, getProfiler, isDebugEnabled, isInfoEnabled, logDebug, logDebug, logDebug, logDebug, logError, logError, logError, logError, logInfo, logInfo, logInfo, logInfo, logWarn, logWarn, logWarn, logWarn, popLogContext, printf, printProfiler, profileEnter, profileLeave, pushLogContext, setDotName, setID, setNextGetter, setObjectID, setOwner, sprintf, useProfiler, walkParents

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Datatype

public Datatype()

Datatype

public Datatype(DynamideObject owner,
                Session session)

Method Detail

finalize

public void finalize()
              throws java.lang.Throwable

Overrides:

finalize in class DynamideObject

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable

getDatatypeInstance

public static Datatype getDatatypeInstance(DynamideObject owner,
                                           java.lang.String datatype,
                                           Session session)

getDatatypeClassName

public static java.lang.String getDatatypeClassName(java.lang.String datatype)

Parameters:

datatype - You would get this by calling String datatype = property.get("datatype");

Returns:

The class name of a com.dynamide.datatypesDatatype subclass wrapper or implementor, defaulting to com.dynamide.datatypes.StringDatatype if not known.

getDatatypeClassName

public static java.lang.String getDatatypeClassName(Datatype dt)

getDatatypeClassName

public java.lang.String getDatatypeClassName()

insertItemDatatype

protected void insertItemDatatype(org.jdom.Element item,
                                  Datatype dt)

init

public void init(org.jdom.Element element,
                 java.lang.String ownerID)
          throws DatatypeException

Throws:

DatatypeException

addXMLContentTo

public abstract void addXMLContentTo(org.jdom.Element container)

createClone

protected Datatype createClone()

subclasses can override and replace

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

getSession

public Session getSession()

setSession

public void setSession(Session new_value)

getProperty

public Property getProperty()

setProperty

public void setProperty(Property new_value)

dumpHTML

public java.lang.String dumpHTML()

Description copied from class: DynamideObject

Subclasses can override this with something more descriptive, for logging and debugging.

Overrides:

dumpHTML in class DynamideObject

dump

public java.lang.String dump()

Description copied from class: DynamideObject

Subclasses can override this with something more descriptive, for logging and debugging.

Overrides:

dump in class DynamideObject

getAsStored

public java.lang.String getAsStored(java.lang.String what)

get

public java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String what)

Description copied from class: DynamideObject

Subclasses can override this.

Specified by:

get in interface IGet

Overrides:

get in class DynamideObject

set

public void set(java.lang.String what,
                java.lang.String value)

validate

public ValidationResult validate()