Class XMLFieldHandler

Method Details

• equals

  public boolean equals(Object obj)

  Returns true if the given object is an XMLFieldHandler that is equivalent to this one. An equivalent XMLFieldHandler is an XMLFieldHandler that is an instances of the same class. This method can be overwritten to provide more advanced equivalence tests.

  Overrides:

  equals in class Object

  Returns:

  true if the given object is an XMLFieldHandler that is equivalent to this one.

• getValue

  public Object getValue(Object object) throws IllegalStateException

  Returns the value of the field from the object.

  Specified by:

  getValue in interface FieldHandler

  Specified by:

  getValue in class FieldHandlerFriend

  Parameters:

  object - The object

  Returns:

  The value of the field

  Throws:

  IllegalStateException - The Java object has changed and is no longer supported by this handler, or the handler is not compatiable with the Java object

• newInstance

  public Object newInstance(Object parent) throws IllegalStateException

  Creates a new instance of the object described by this field.

  Specified by:

  newInstance in interface FieldHandler

  Specified by:

  newInstance in class FieldHandlerFriend

  Parameters:

  parent - The object for which the field is created

  Returns:

  A new instance of the field's value

  Throws:

  IllegalStateException - This field is a simple type and cannot be instantiated

• newInstance

  public Object newInstance(Object parent, Object[] args) throws IllegalStateException

  Creates a new instance of the object described by this field.

  Specified by:

  newInstance in class ExtendedFieldHandler

  Parameters:

  parent - The object for which the field is created

  args - the set of constructor arguments

  Returns:

  A new instance of the field's value

  Throws:

  IllegalStateException - This field is a simple type and cannot be instantiated

• setValue

  public void setValue(Object object, Object value) throws IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException

  Sets the value of the field on the object.

  Specified by:

  setValue in interface FieldHandler

  Specified by:

  setValue in class FieldHandlerFriend

  Parameters:

  object - The object.

  value - The new value.

  Throws:

  IllegalStateException - The Java object has changed and is no longer supported by this handler, or the handler is not compatiable with the Java object.

  IllegalArgumentException - The value passed is not of a supported type.

• resetValue

  public void resetValue(Object object) throws IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException

  Description copied from class: FieldHandlerFriend

  Sets the value of the field to a default value.

  Reference fields are set to null, primitive fields are set to their default value, collection fields are emptied of all elements.

  Specified by:

  resetValue in interface FieldHandler

  Specified by:

  resetValue in class FieldHandlerFriend

  Parameters:

  object - The object

  Throws:

  IllegalStateException - The Java object has changed and is no longer supported by this handler, or the handler is not compatiable with the Java object

  IllegalArgumentException