org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model.beans
Class BeanPointer

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model.NodePointer
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        +--org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model.beans.PropertyOwnerPointer
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              +--org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model.beans.BeanPointer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Comparable, Pointer, java.io.Serializable

public class BeanPointer

extends PropertyOwnerPointer

A Pointer that points to a JavaBean or a collection. It is either the first element of a path or a pointer for a property value. Typically there is a BeanPropertyPointer between two BeanPointers in the chain.

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $ $Date: 2003/03/11 00:59:24 $

Author:

Dmitri Plotnikov

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model.NodePointer

index, locale, parent, UNKNOWN_NAMESPACE, WHOLE_COLLECTION

Constructor Summary

BeanPointer(NodePointer parent, QName name, java.lang.Object bean, JXPathBeanInfo beanInfo)

BeanPointer(QName name, java.lang.Object bean, JXPathBeanInfo beanInfo, java.util.Locale locale)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	asPath() If the pointer has a parent, then parent's path.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object)
java.lang.Object	getBaseValue() Returns the bean itself
int	getLength() Returns 1.
QName	getName() Returns the name of this node.
PropertyPointer	getPropertyPointer()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isCollection() Returns false
boolean	isLeaf() If true, this node does not have children

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model.beans.PropertyOwnerPointer

attributeIterator, childIterator, compareChildNodePointers, createNodeIterator, getImmediateNode, remove, setIndex, setValue

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.jxpath.ri.model.NodePointer

clone, compareTo, createAttribute, createChild, createChild, createPath, createPath, getDefaultNamespaceURI, getExpandedName, getImmediateValuePointer, getIndex, getLocale, getNamespaceURI, getNamespaceURI, getNode, getNodeValue, getParent, getPointerByID, getPointerByKey, getRootNode, getValue, getValuePointer, isActual, isAttribute, isContainer, isDefaultNamespace, isLanguage, isNode, isRoot, namespaceIterator, namespacePointer, newChildNodePointer, newNodePointer, printPointerChain, setAttribute, testNode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeanPointer

public BeanPointer(QName name,
                   java.lang.Object bean,
                   JXPathBeanInfo beanInfo,
                   java.util.Locale locale)

BeanPointer

public BeanPointer(NodePointer parent,
                   QName name,
                   java.lang.Object bean,
                   JXPathBeanInfo beanInfo)

Parameters:

name - is the name given to the first node

Method Detail

getPropertyPointer

public PropertyPointer getPropertyPointer()

Overrides:

getPropertyPointer in class PropertyOwnerPointer

getName

public QName getName()

Description copied from class: NodePointer

Returns the name of this node. Can be null.

Overrides:

getName in class PropertyOwnerPointer

getBaseValue

public java.lang.Object getBaseValue()

Returns the bean itself

Overrides:

getBaseValue in class NodePointer

isCollection

public boolean isCollection()

Returns false

Overrides:

isCollection in class NodePointer

getLength

public int getLength()

Returns 1.

Overrides:

getLength in class NodePointer

isLeaf

public boolean isLeaf()

Description copied from class: NodePointer

If true, this node does not have children

Overrides:

isLeaf in class NodePointer

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

asPath

public java.lang.String asPath()

If the pointer has a parent, then parent's path. If the bean is null, "null()". If the bean is a primitive value, the value itself. Otherwise - an empty string.

Overrides:

asPath in class NodePointer