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/**
*
* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
* or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
* distributed with this work for additional information
* regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
* to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
* "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
* with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
* software distributed under the License is distributed on an
* "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
* KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
* specific language governing permissions and limitations
* under the License.
*/
package com.agfa.hap.sdo;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import commonj.sdo.DataObject;
/**
* Interface that allows any object to be exposed as {@link DataObject} instances.
* The implementation is guaranteed to work for DataObject instances as well.
* @author AMOCZ
*/
public interface DataMapper<T> {
/**
* @return The sdo type that corresponds with this object. It is assumed
* that for all properties of this type, appropriate values can be
* retrieved from the instance.
* @exception throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} in case no
* corresponding sdo type can be found.
*/
Type getType(T object);
/**
* @return The sdo type that corresponds with this class. It is assumed
* that for all properties of this type, appropriate values can be
* retrieved from the instance.
* @return null if no sdo type can be found
* @exception throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} in case no
* corresponding sdo type can be found.
* TODO 1 mechanism for indication no type was found
*/
Type getCorrespondingType(Class clazz);
/**
* @return An iterator over all values of this property of the given
* Object. Property should be a many-valued property.
*/
Iterator<? extends T> getObjects(T object, Property property);
/**
* @return The value of the property for the given object.
*/
Object getProperty(T object, Property property);
/**
* Assigns the given value to the property of the object. If the property
* is many-valued, adds the property to the collection of values.
*/
void setProperty(T object, Property property, Object value);
/**
* @return if this property is a bulk property for the given implementation clazz.
* Bulk properties
* are accessed in bulk (@see {@link #getProperties(Collection, Property, SnapshotDefinition)}
* to allow more efficient retrieval.
*/
boolean isBulkProperty(Class clazz, Property property);
/**
* Return the corresponding values for this bulk property for the given object.
* A snapshotdefinition is passed as indication for which child objects are
* needed as well.
*/
Collection<T> getProperties(Collection<T> object, Property bulkProperty, SnapshotDefinition def);
/**
* Marks a property as unavailable ({@see {@link PartialDataObject#isAvailable(Property)}}.
*/
void setUnavailable(T object, Property property);
boolean isProxy(T object);
/**
* @return A newly created instance of which the class corresponds to the given type.
* @return null if the datamapper is unable to create a class for the given type
* @see DataMapper#getCorrespondingType(Class)
*/
T create(Type type);
/**
* Create a new proxy. The type is passed as parameter as this accessor might
* be usable for multiple types.
* @return null if the datamapper is unable to create a proxy for the given type
*/
T newProxy(Type type, Object identity);
}
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