dk.heick.properties.collections

Class PropertyCollectionFactory

java.lang.Object

dk.heick.properties.collections.PropertyCollectionFactory

public class PropertyCollectionFactory
extends Object

Factory class to initialize a "list" of Property's.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Frederik Heick

See Also:

PropertyCollection

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<Property<?>>	initialize(List<Property<?>> properties, PropertyIO io, org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger, PropertyValidationHandler validationHandler) Initialize an list of Property's.
static List<Property<?>>	initialize(Property<?>[] properties, PropertyIO io, org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger, PropertyValidationHandler validationHandler) Initialize an array of Property's.
static List<Property<?>>	initializeFieldCollection(Object instance, Class<?> clazz, PropertyIO io, org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger, PropertyValidationHandler validationHandler, PropertyFieldFilter propertyFieldFilter) Initialize all fields in class of type Property and parses the accept method of "propertyFieldFilter".
static void	initializeIO(PropertyIO io, org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger, PropertyValidationHandler validationHandler) This will validate a PropertyIO.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

initializeIO

public static void initializeIO(PropertyIO io,
                                org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger,
                                PropertyValidationHandler validationHandler)

This will validate a PropertyIO. It calls the PropertyIO.validate() and using the logger log its failure or success.

Parameters:

io - the PropertyIO

logger - a logger

initialize

public static List<Property<?>> initialize(Property<?>[] properties,
                                           PropertyIO io,
                                           org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger,
                                           PropertyValidationHandler validationHandler)

Initialize an array of Property's.

Parameters:

properties - the array of Property's.

io - the io to initialize the Property's with.

logger - the logger

Returns:

a List of Property's.

See Also:

initialize(List, PropertyIO, Log, PropertyValidationHandler)

initialize

public static List<Property<?>> initialize(List<Property<?>> properties,
                                           PropertyIO io,
                                           org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger,
                                           PropertyValidationHandler validationHandler)

Initialize an list of Property's.
It iterates over the list and in three steps.

1. Sorts the Properties after InitializationPriority, but DerivedPropertyTypes always is pushed to last.
2. Sets the PropertyIO.
3. Validates the Property, write to log success or failure in validation.

Parameters:

properties - the list of Property's.

io - the PropertyIO.

logger - the logger

Returns:

the list of Property's

initializeFieldCollection

public static List<Property<?>> initializeFieldCollection(Object instance,
                                                          Class<?> clazz,
                                                          PropertyIO io,
                                                          org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger,
                                                          PropertyValidationHandler validationHandler,
                                                          PropertyFieldFilter propertyFieldFilter)

Initialize all fields in class of type Property and parses the accept method of "propertyFieldFilter".
Sets the PropertyIO on all of them, validates them and returns a list of Property's.

Parameters:

clazz - the class where to look for fields.

io - the PropertyIO

logger - the logger.

validationHandler - the validationHandler used when validating the individual Properties.

propertyFieldFilter - the filter which select the fields from classes and interfaces above which should be initialized

Returns:

the list of Property's