org.joda.property.type
Interface MapProperty

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Map, ModelElement, Property, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DataMapProperty, LinkMapProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMapProperty, DefaultDataMapProperty, DefaultLinkMapProperty

public interface MapProperty

extends Property, java.util.Map

Interface for a typed updateable map of objects.

Ideally, the keys and values in the map should be immutable. (In fact mutable keys are a really bad idea.) When this is not possible, if you update a key or value which is in the map, the firePropertyValueChanged() method should be called to send out the correct events.

Author:

Stephen Colebourne

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.joda.property.Property

Property.Internal

Method Summary

java.lang.Class	getMapKeyType() Get the type of each of the keys in the map
java.util.Map	toMap() Get the map underlying the property.

Methods inherited from interface org.joda.property.Property

addPropertyChangeListener, bean, equals, equalsValue, firePropertyChange, getContentName, getContentType, getPropertyName, getPropertyType, hashCode, isModifiable, isNull, isReadOnly, removePropertyChangeListener, set, setModifiable, setReadOnly, toObject, toString

Methods inherited from interface org.joda.property.ModelElement

getAttribute, getAttributeCount, getAttributeMap, setAttribute

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Method Detail

getMapKeyType

public java.lang.Class getMapKeyType()

Get the type of each of the keys in the map

Returns:

the type of the keys in the map

toMap

public java.util.Map toMap()

Get the map underlying the property.

Returns:

the map (a copy of the data)