com.gammastream.validity
Class GSVAttribute

java.lang.Object
  com.gammastream.validity.GSVAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

WOXMLCoding

public final class GSVAttribute

extends Object

implements WOXMLCoding

This structure maps validation rules to a specific attribute of an entity. For instance, we might wish to map a 'Provided text is > 5 characters' to the 'username' attribute of the 'user' entity.

Author:

GammaStream Technologies, Inc.

Constructor Summary

GSVAttribute(GSVEntity anEntity, String aName)
Creates a new GSVAttribute with the provided information.

GSVAttribute(WOXMLDecoder decoder)
WOXMLCoding Impl

Method Summary

void	addRule(GSVRule newRule) Adds the rule to this attribute.
Class	classForCoder() WOXMLCoding Impl
void	encodeWithWOXMLCoder(WOXMLCoder coder) WOXMLCoding Impl
GSVEntity	entity() Returns the parent entity for this attribute.
String	name() Returns the name of this attribute.
void	removeRule(GSVRule oldRule) Remove the rule from this attribute.
GSVRule	ruleNamed(String name) Returns the rule with the provided name.
NSArray	rules() The list of rules assigned to this attribute.
void	setEntity(GSVEntity parentEntity) Sets the parent entity for this attribute to the provided entity.
void	setName(String newName) Sets the name of the attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GSVAttribute

public GSVAttribute(GSVEntity anEntity,
                    String aName)
             throws IllegalArgumentException

Creates a new GSVAttribute with the provided information.

Parameters:

anEntity - The entity this attribute belongs to.

aName - The name of this attribute.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if the selected EOModel does not contain an attribute of the specified name in the provided entity.

GSVAttribute

public GSVAttribute(WOXMLDecoder decoder)

WOXMLCoding Impl

Parameters:

decoder - WOXMLDecoder

See Also:

encodeWithWOXMLCoder(com.webobjects.appserver.xml.WOXMLCoder)

Method Detail

name

public String name()

Returns the name of this attribute.

Returns:

The name of the attribute.

See Also:

setName(java.lang.String)

setName

public void setName(String newName)

Sets the name of the attribute.

Parameters:

newName - The new name for the attribute.

See Also:

name()

rules

public NSArray rules()

The list of rules assigned to this attribute.

Returns:

An NSArray of rules.

See Also:

removeRule(com.gammastream.validity.GSVRule), addRule(com.gammastream.validity.GSVRule)

addRule

public void addRule(GSVRule newRule)

Adds the rule to this attribute.

Parameters:

newRule - The rule to add.

See Also:

removeRule(com.gammastream.validity.GSVRule), rules()

removeRule

public void removeRule(GSVRule oldRule)

Remove the rule from this attribute.

Parameters:

oldRule - The rule to remove.

See Also:

addRule(com.gammastream.validity.GSVRule), rules()

ruleNamed

public GSVRule ruleNamed(String name)

Returns the rule with the provided name.

Parameters:

name - The name of the rule you wish to fetch.

Returns:

Returns the rule with the provided name or null if one was not found.

entity

public GSVEntity entity()

Returns the parent entity for this attribute.

See Also:

setEntity(com.gammastream.validity.GSVEntity)

setEntity

public void setEntity(GSVEntity parentEntity)

Sets the parent entity for this attribute to the provided entity.

Parameters:

parentEntity - The parent entity for this attribute.

See Also:

entity()

encodeWithWOXMLCoder

public void encodeWithWOXMLCoder(WOXMLCoder coder)

WOXMLCoding Impl

Specified by:

encodeWithWOXMLCoder in interface WOXMLCoding

Parameters:

coder - WOXMLCoder

See Also:

GSVAttribute(com.webobjects.appserver.xml.WOXMLDecoder)

classForCoder

public Class classForCoder()

WOXMLCoding Impl

Specified by:

classForCoder in interface WOXMLCoding