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Interface Property</H2>
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<DT><B>All Superinterfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html" title="interface in commonj.sdo">Property</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>Property</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html" title="interface in commonj.sdo">Property</A></DL>
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A representation of a Property in the <A HREF="../../../../com/agfa/hap/sdo/Type.html" title="interface in com.agfa.hap.sdo"><CODE>type</CODE></A> of a <CODE>data object</CODE>.
We extend <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html" title="interface in commonj.sdo"><CODE>Property</CODE></A> to have type safety (through generics) and to
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.util.List&lt;java.lang.String&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/agfa/hap/sdo/Property.html#getAliasNames()">getAliasNames</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return a list of alias names for this Property.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/agfa/hap/sdo/Property.html#getContainingType()">getContainingType</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the containing type of this Property.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the index in the list of properties of its containingtype.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the opposite Property if the Property is bi-directional or null otherwise.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the type of the Property.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#get(commonj.sdo.Property)">get</A>, <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#getDefault()">getDefault</A>, <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#getInstanceProperties()">getInstanceProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#getName()">getName</A>, <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#isContainment()">isContainment</A>, <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#isMany()">isMany</A>, <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#isNullable()">isNullable</A>, <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#isOpenContent()">isOpenContent</A>, <A HREF="../../../../commonj/sdo/Property.html#isReadOnly()">isReadOnly</A></CODE></TD>
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getType</H3>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the Property's containing type.<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../com/agfa/hap/sdo/Type.html#getProperties()"><CODE>Type.getProperties()</CODE></A></DL>
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getOpposite</H3>
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getAliasNames</H3>
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getIndex</H3>
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