From 195774c489a1a671aca514b0afa88332bf9c6ee3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lresende <lresende@13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:20:12 +0000
Subject: Moving SDO tags

git-svn-id: http://svn.us.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany@834617 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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 .../src/main/java/commonj/sdo/Property.java        | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 sdo-java/tags/1.0-incubating/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/Property.java

(limited to 'sdo-java/tags/1.0-incubating/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/Property.java')

diff --git a/sdo-java/tags/1.0-incubating/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/Property.java b/sdo-java/tags/1.0-incubating/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/Property.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89a3857a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdo-java/tags/1.0-incubating/sdo-api/src/main/java/commonj/sdo/Property.java
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/**
+ * <copyright>
+ *
+ * Service Data Objects
+ * Version 2.1.0
+ * Licensed Materials
+ *
+ * (c) Copyright BEA Systems, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, 
+ * Oracle Corporation, Primeton Technologies Ltd., Rogue Wave Software, SAP AG., 
+ * Software AG., Sun Microsystems, Sybase Inc., Xcalia, Zend Technologies, 
+ * 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * </copyright>
+ * 
+ */
+
+package commonj.sdo;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A representation of a Property in the {@link Type type} of a {@link DataObject data object}.
+ */
+public interface Property
+{
+  /**
+   * Returns the name of the Property.
+   * @return the Property name.
+   */
+  String getName();
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the type of the Property.
+   * @return the Property type.
+   */
+  Type getType();
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the Property is many-valued.
+   * @return <code>true</code> if the Property is many-valued.
+   */
+  boolean isMany();
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the Property is containment, i.e., whether it represents by-value composition.
+   * @return <code>true</code> if the Property is containment.
+   */
+  boolean isContainment();
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the containing type of this Property.
+   * @return the Property's containing type.
+   * @see Type#getProperties()
+   */
+  Type getContainingType();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the default value this Property will have in a {@link DataObject data object} where the Property hasn't been set.
+   * @return the default value.
+   */
+  Object getDefault();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns true if values for this Property cannot be modified using the SDO APIs.
+   * When true, DataObject.set(Property property, Object value) throws an exception.
+   * Values may change due to other factors, such as services operating on DataObjects.
+   * @return true if values for this Property cannot be modified.
+   */
+  boolean isReadOnly();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the opposite Property if the Property is bi-directional or null otherwise.
+   * @return the opposite Property if the Property is bi-directional or null
+   */
+  Property getOpposite();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a list of alias names for this Property.
+   * @return a list of alias names for this Property.
+   */
+  List /*String*/ getAliasNames();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether or not instances of this property can be set to null. The effect of calling set(null) on a non-nullable
+   * property is not specified by SDO.
+   * @return true if this property is nullable.
+   */
+  boolean isNullable();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether or not this is an open content Property.
+   * @return true if this property is an open content Property.
+   */
+  boolean isOpenContent();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a read-only List of instance Properties available on this Property.
+   * <p>
+   * This list includes, at a minimum, any open content properties (extensions) added to
+   * the object before {@link commonj.sdo.helper.TypeHelper#define(DataObject) defining
+   * the Property's Type}. Implementations may, but are not required to in the 2.1 version
+   * of SDO, provide additional instance properties.
+   * @return the List of instance Properties on this Property.
+   */
+  List /*Property*/ getInstanceProperties();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the value of the specified instance property of this Property.
+   * @param property one of the properties returned by {@link #getInstanceProperties()}.
+   * @return the value of the specified property.
+   * @see DataObject#get(Property)
+   */
+  Object get(Property property);
+
+}
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