Package org.codehaus.modello.model

Class BaseElement

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.modello.model.BaseElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

CodeSegment, Model, ModelField, ModelType

public abstract class BaseElement
extends Object

This is the base class for all elements of the model. The name attribute is immutable because it's used as the key.

Author:

Jason van Zyl, Trygve Laugstøl, Emmanuel Venisse

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BaseElement(boolean nameRequired)
BaseElement(boolean nameRequired, String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addMetadata(Metadata metadata)
boolean	equals(Object other)
List<String>	getAnnotations()
String	getComment()
Version	getDeprecatedVersion()
String	getDescription()
protected <T extends Metadata> T	getMetadata(Class<T> type, String key)
String	getName()
VersionRange	getVersionRange()
int	hashCode()
boolean	hasMetadata(String key)
protected boolean	isEmpty(String string)
void	setAnnotations(List<String> annotations)
void	setComment(String comment)
void	setDeprecatedVersion(Version deprecatedVersion)
void	setDescription(String description)
void	setName(String name)
void	setVersionRange(VersionRange versionRange)
final void	validate()
abstract void	validateElement()
protected void	validateFieldNotEmpty(String objectName, String fieldName, String value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

BaseElement

public BaseElement(boolean nameRequired)

BaseElement

public BaseElement(boolean nameRequired,
 String name)

Method Details

validateElement

public abstract void validateElement()
                              throws ModelValidationException

Throws:

ModelValidationException

getName

public String getName()

setName

public void setName(String name)

getDescription

public String getDescription()

setDescription

public void setDescription(String description)

getVersionRange

public VersionRange getVersionRange()

setVersionRange

public void setVersionRange(VersionRange versionRange)

setDeprecatedVersion

public void setDeprecatedVersion(Version deprecatedVersion)

getDeprecatedVersion

public Version getDeprecatedVersion()

getComment

public String getComment()

setComment

public void setComment(String comment)

hasMetadata

public boolean hasMetadata(String key)

addMetadata

public void addMetadata(Metadata metadata)

getMetadata

protected <T extends Metadata> T getMetadata(Class<T> type,
 String key)

validateFieldNotEmpty

protected void validateFieldNotEmpty(String objectName,
 String fieldName,
 String value)
                              throws ModelValidationException

Throws:

ModelValidationException

validate

public final void validate()
                    throws ModelValidationException

Throws:

ModelValidationException

isEmpty

protected boolean isEmpty(String string)

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

getAnnotations

public List<String> getAnnotations()

Returns:

the annotations

setAnnotations

public void setAnnotations(List<String> annotations)

Parameters:

annotations - the annotations to set