org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.specloader.specimpl

Class ObjectSpecificationAbstract

java.lang.Object

org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facetapi.FacetHolderImpl

org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.specloader.specimpl.ObjectSpecificationAbstract

All Implemented Interfaces:

FacetHolder, IdentifiedHolder, DefaultProvider, Dirtiable, ObjectActionContainer, ObjectAssociationContainer, Hierarchical, ObjectSpecification, Specification

Direct Known Subclasses:

ObjectSpecificationDefault, ObjectSpecificationForFreeStandingList

public abstract class ObjectSpecificationAbstract
extends FacetHolderImpl
implements ObjectSpecification

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	ObjectSpecificationAbstract.IntrospectionState

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Properties	metadataProperties Only populated once introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() is called.
protected ObjectMemberContext	objectMemberContext

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.ObjectSpecification

COMPARATOR_FULLY_QUALIFIED_CLASS_NAME, COMPARATOR_SHORT_IDENTIFIER_IGNORE_CASE, EMPTY_LIST, FUNCTION_FULLY_QUALIFIED_CLASS_NAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectSpecificationAbstract(Class<?> introspectedClass, String shortName, SpecificationContext specificationContext, ObjectMemberContext objectMemberContext)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clearDirty(ObjectAdapter object) Clear the dirty flag so that a call to isDirty(), and before markDirty() is called, will return false;
protected List<ObjectAction>	createContributeeActions() All contributee actions (each wrapping a service's contributed action) for this spec.
Object	createObject()
ObjectTitleContext	createTitleInteractionContext(AuthenticationSession session, InteractionInvocationMethod interactionMethod, ObjectAdapter targetObjectAdapter) Create an InteractionContext representing an attempt to read the object's title.
ObjectValidityContext	createValidityInteractionContext(DeploymentCategory deploymentCategory, AuthenticationSession session, InteractionInvocationMethod interactionMethod, ObjectAdapter targetObjectAdapter) Create an InteractionContext representing an attempt to save the object.
ObjectAssociation	getAssociation(String id) The association with the given id.
List<ObjectAssociation>	getAssociations(Contributed contributed) Return all the fields that exist in an object of this specification, although they need not all be accessible or visible.
List<ObjectAssociation>	getAssociations(Contributed contributed, org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter<ObjectAssociation> filter) Return all ObjectAssociations matching the supplied filter.
List<ObjectAssociation>	getAssociations(org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter<ObjectAssociation> filter) Deprecated.
protected AuthenticationSession	getAuthenticationSession() convenience method to return the current AuthenticationSession from the injected AuthenticationSessionProvider.
protected AuthenticationSessionProvider	getAuthenticationSessionProvider()
List<OneToManyAssociation>	getCollections(Contributed contributed) All associations that represents collections.
Class<?>	getCorrespondingClass() As provided explicitly within the ObjectSpecificationAbstract(Class, String, org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.SpecificationContext, org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature.ObjectMemberContext) constructor}.
String	getCssClass() Returns a css class name of the specification.
Object	getDefaultValue() Default value to be provided for properties or parameters that are not declared as @Optional but where the UI has not (yet) provided a value.
protected DeploymentCategory	getDeploymentCategory()
String	getDescription() The description according to any available PluralFacet, else empty string ("").
<Q extends Facet> Q	getFacet(Class<Q> facetType) Get the facet of the specified type (as per the type it reports from Facet.facetType()).
FeatureType	getFeatureType()
String	getFullIdentifier() The (full) name of the class.
String	getHelp() Returns a help string or lookup reference, if any, of the specification.
String	getIconName(ObjectAdapter reference) Returns the name of an icon to use for the specified object.
org.apache.isis.applib.Identifier	getIdentifier() Identifier of this feature.
Instance	getInstance(ObjectAdapter adapter) Return an Instance of this Specification with respect to the provided ObjectAdapter.
ObjectSpecificationAbstract.IntrospectionState	getIntrospectionState() Only if setIntrospectionState(org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.specloader.specimpl.ObjectSpecificationAbstract.IntrospectionState) has been called (should be called within updateFromFacetValues().
List<ObjectAction>	getObjectActions(ActionType type, Contributed contributed, org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter<ObjectAction> filter) Returns an array of actions of the specified type, including or excluding contributed actions as required.
List<ObjectAction>	getObjectActions(Contributed contributed)
List<ObjectAction>	getObjectActions(List<ActionType> types, Contributed contributed, org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter<ObjectAction> filter)
ObjectInstantiator	getObjectInstantiator()
String	getPluralName() The pluralized name according to any available PluralFacet, else null.
List<OneToOneAssociation>	getProperties(Contributed contributed) All associations that represent properties.
List<ObjectAction>	getServiceActionsReturning(List<ActionType> types)
ServicesProvider	getServicesProvider()
String	getShortIdentifier() Returns an (immutable) "short" identifier for this specification.
String	getSingularName() The name according to any available NamedFacet, but falling back to getFullIdentifier() otherwise.
ObjectSpecId	getSpecId() Returns the (unique) spec Id, as per the ObjectSpecIdFacet.
SpecificationLoader	getSpecificationLookup()
String	getTitle(ObjectAdapter targetAdapter, org.apache.isis.applib.profiles.Localization localization) Returns the title string for the specified object.
String	getTitle(ObjectAdapter contextAdapterIfAny, ObjectAdapter targetAdapter, org.apache.isis.applib.profiles.Localization localization) Returns the title to display of target adapter, rendered within the context of some other adapter (if any).
boolean	hasSubclasses() Returns true if the subclasses() method will return an array of one or more elements (ie, not an empty array).
ObjectAdapter	initialize(ObjectAdapter objectAdapter) REVIEW: should this behaviour move, eg onto ObjectAdapter?
List<ObjectSpecification>	interfaces() Get the list of specifications for all the interfaces that the class represented by this specification implements.
abstract void	introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers()
boolean	isAbstract()
boolean	isDirty(ObjectAdapter object) Checks if the specified object has been changed, and hence needs persisting.
boolean	isEncodeable() Determines if objects of this type can be converted to a data-stream.
boolean	isHidden() Whether has the HiddenFacet
boolean	isImmutable() Whether has the ImmutableFacet.
boolean	isNotCollection() Determines if the object represents an value or object.
protected boolean	isNotIntrospected()
boolean	isOfType(ObjectSpecification specification) Determines if this class represents the same class, or a subclass, of the specified class.
boolean	isParented() Determines if objects of this type are parented (a parented collection, or an aggregated entity).
boolean	isParentedOrFreeCollection() Determines if objects of this type are a parented (internal) or free-standing (external) collection.
boolean	isParseable() Determines if objects of this type can be set up from a text entry string.
Consent	isValid(ObjectAdapter inObject) Determines whether the specified object is in a valid state (for example, so can be persisted); represented as a Consent.
InteractionResult	isValidResult(ObjectAdapter targetObjectAdapter) TODO: currently this method is hard-coded to assume all interactions are initiated by user.
boolean	isValue() Determines if objects of this type are values.
boolean	isValueOrIsParented() Determines if objects of this type are either values or aggregated.
void	markDirty(ObjectAdapter object) Mark the specified object as having been changed, and hence needing persisting.
Persistability	persistability() Determines if objects of this specification can be persisted or not.
protected void	setClearDirtyObjectFacet(ClearDirtyObjectFacet clearDirtyObjectFacet) Intended to be called (if at all) within updateFromFacetValues() .
void	setIntrospectionState(ObjectSpecificationAbstract.IntrospectionState introspectationState)
protected static List<ObjectAction>	sortActions(List<ObjectAction> actions)
protected void	sortAndUpdateAssociations(List<ObjectAssociation> associations)
protected List<ObjectAssociation>	sortAssociations(List<ObjectAssociation> associations)
protected void	sortCacheAndUpdateActions(List<ObjectAction> objectActions)
List<ObjectSpecification>	subclasses() Get the list of specifications for the subclasses of the class represented by this specification
ObjectSpecification	superclass() Get the specification for this specification's class's superclass.
String	toString()
protected void	updateAsSubclassTo(List<ObjectSpecification> supertypeSpecs) Intended to be called within introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() .
protected void	updateAsSubclassTo(ObjectSpecification supertypeSpec) Intended to be called within introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() .
void	updateFromFacetValues()
protected void	updateInterfaces(List<ObjectSpecification> interfaces) Intended to be called within introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() .
protected void	updateSuperclass(Class<?> superclass) Intended to be called within introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() .

Methods inherited from class org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facetapi.FacetHolderImpl

addFacet, addFacet, containsDoOpFacet, containsFacet, getFacets, getFacetTypes, removeFacet, removeFacet

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.ObjectSpecification

isService, markAsService

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facetapi.FacetHolder

addFacet, addFacet, containsDoOpFacet, containsFacet, getFacets, getFacetTypes, removeFacet, removeFacet

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature.ObjectActionContainer

getObjectAction, getObjectAction, getObjectAction

Field Detail

metadataProperties

protected Properties metadataProperties

Only populated once introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() is called.

objectMemberContext

protected final ObjectMemberContext objectMemberContext

Constructor Detail

ObjectSpecificationAbstract

public ObjectSpecificationAbstract(Class<?> introspectedClass,
                           String shortName,
                           SpecificationContext specificationContext,
                           ObjectMemberContext objectMemberContext)

Method Detail

getDeploymentCategory

protected DeploymentCategory getDeploymentCategory()

getFeatureType

public FeatureType getFeatureType()

Specified by:

getFeatureType in interface Specification

getSpecId

public ObjectSpecId getSpecId()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Returns the (unique) spec Id, as per the ObjectSpecIdFacet.

This will typically be the value of the ObjectType annotation (or equivalent); if non has been specified then will default to the fully qualified class name (with class name substituted if necessary to allow for runtime bytecode enhancement.

The ObjectSpecification can be retrieved using SpecificationLoader.lookupBySpecId(ObjectSpecId).

Specified by:

getSpecId in interface ObjectSpecification

getCorrespondingClass

public Class<?> getCorrespondingClass()

As provided explicitly within the ObjectSpecificationAbstract(Class, String, org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.SpecificationContext, org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.feature.ObjectMemberContext) constructor}.

Not API, but public so that FacetedMethodsBuilder can call it.

Specified by:

getCorrespondingClass in interface ObjectSpecification

Returns:

getShortIdentifier

public String getShortIdentifier()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Returns an (immutable) "short" identifier for this specification.

This will be the class name without the package; any text up to and including the last period is removed.

Specified by:

getShortIdentifier in interface ObjectSpecification

getFullIdentifier

public String getFullIdentifier()

The (full) name of the class.

Specified by:

getFullIdentifier in interface ObjectSpecification

getIntrospectionState

public ObjectSpecificationAbstract.IntrospectionState getIntrospectionState()

Only if setIntrospectionState(org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.specloader.specimpl.ObjectSpecificationAbstract.IntrospectionState) has been called (should be called within updateFromFacetValues().

setIntrospectionState

public void setIntrospectionState(ObjectSpecificationAbstract.IntrospectionState introspectationState)

isNotIntrospected

protected boolean isNotIntrospected()

introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers

public abstract void introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers()

updateSuperclass

protected void updateSuperclass(Class<?> superclass)

Intended to be called within introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() .

updateInterfaces

protected void updateInterfaces(List<ObjectSpecification> interfaces)

Intended to be called within introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() .

updateAsSubclassTo

protected void updateAsSubclassTo(ObjectSpecification supertypeSpec)

Intended to be called within introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() .

updateAsSubclassTo

protected void updateAsSubclassTo(List<ObjectSpecification> supertypeSpecs)

Intended to be called within introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() .

sortAndUpdateAssociations

protected void sortAndUpdateAssociations(List<ObjectAssociation> associations)

sortCacheAndUpdateActions

protected void sortCacheAndUpdateActions(List<ObjectAction> objectActions)

updateFromFacetValues

public void updateFromFacetValues()

setClearDirtyObjectFacet

protected void setClearDirtyObjectFacet(ClearDirtyObjectFacet clearDirtyObjectFacet)

Intended to be called (if at all) within updateFromFacetValues() .

getTitle

public String getTitle(ObjectAdapter targetAdapter,
              org.apache.isis.applib.profiles.Localization localization)

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Returns the title string for the specified object.

Corresponds to the TitleFacet#value()) value of TitleFacet; is not necessarily immutable.

Specified by:

getTitle in interface ObjectSpecification

getTitle

public String getTitle(ObjectAdapter contextAdapterIfAny,
              ObjectAdapter targetAdapter,
              org.apache.isis.applib.profiles.Localization localization)

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Returns the title to display of target adapter, rendered within the context of some other adapter (if any).

Specified by:

getTitle in interface ObjectSpecification

See Also:

TitleFacet.title(ObjectAdapter, ObjectAdapter, org.apache.isis.applib.profiles.Localization)

getIconName

public String getIconName(ObjectAdapter reference)

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Returns the name of an icon to use for the specified object.

Corresponds to the IconFacet#iconName(ObjectAdapter)) icon name returned by the IconFacet; is not necessarily immutable.

Specified by:

getIconName in interface ObjectSpecification

getInstance

public Instance getInstance(ObjectAdapter adapter)

Description copied from interface: Specification

Return an Instance of this Specification with respect to the provided ObjectAdapter.

For example, if the Specification is a OneToOneAssociation, then is an Instance implementation representing the { ObjectAdapter/ OneToOneAssociation tuple.

Implementations are expected to use a double-dispatch back to the provided ObjectAdapter (passing themselves as a parameter), using ObjectAdapter.getInstance(Specification).

Note: this method may throw an UnsupportedOperationException; see ObjectAdapter.getInstance(Specification) for details.

Specified by:

getInstance in interface Specification

isOfType

public boolean isOfType(ObjectSpecification specification)

Determines if this class represents the same class, or a subclass, of the specified class.

cf Class.isAssignableFrom(Class), though target and parameter are the opposite way around, ie:

 cls1.isAssignableFrom(cls2);
 

is equivalent to:

 spec2.isOfType(spec1);
 

Callable after introspectTypeHierarchyAndMembers() has been called.

Specified by:

isOfType in interface Hierarchical

getSingularName

public String getSingularName()

The name according to any available NamedFacet, but falling back to getFullIdentifier() otherwise.

Specified by:

getSingularName in interface ObjectSpecification

getPluralName

public String getPluralName()

The pluralized name according to any available PluralFacet, else null.

Specified by:

getPluralName in interface ObjectSpecification

getDescription

public String getDescription()

The description according to any available PluralFacet, else empty string ("").

Specified by:

getDescription in interface ObjectSpecification

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Specification

See Also:

#getHelp()

getHelp

public String getHelp()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Returns a help string or lookup reference, if any, of the specification.

Corresponds to the HelpFacet#value()) value of HelpFacet; is not necessarily immutable.

Specified by:

getHelp in interface ObjectSpecification

getCssClass

public String getCssClass()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Returns a css class name of the specification.

Corresponds to the CssClass#value()) value of CssClassFacet;

Specified by:

getCssClass in interface ObjectSpecification

persistability

public Persistability persistability()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines if objects of this specification can be persisted or not. If it can be persisted (i.e. it return something other than Persistability.TRANSIENT ObjectAdapter.isPersistent() will indicated whether the object is persistent or not. If they cannot be persisted then ObjectAdapter. ObjectSpecification.persistability() should be ignored.

Specified by:

persistability in interface ObjectSpecification

isDirty

public boolean isDirty(ObjectAdapter object)

Description copied from interface: Dirtiable

Checks if the specified object has been changed, and hence needs persisting.

Specified by:

isDirty in interface Dirtiable

See Also:

Dirtiable.markDirty(ObjectAdapter), Dirtiable.clearDirty(ObjectAdapter)

clearDirty

public void clearDirty(ObjectAdapter object)

Description copied from interface: Dirtiable

Clear the dirty flag so that a call to isDirty(), and before markDirty() is called, will return false;

Specified by:

clearDirty in interface Dirtiable

See Also:

Dirtiable.isDirty(ObjectAdapter), Dirtiable.markDirty(ObjectAdapter)

markDirty

public void markDirty(ObjectAdapter object)

Description copied from interface: Dirtiable

Mark the specified object as having been changed, and hence needing persisting.

Specified by:

markDirty in interface Dirtiable

See Also:

Dirtiable.isDirty(ObjectAdapter), Dirtiable.clearDirty(ObjectAdapter)

getFacet

public <Q extends Facet> Q getFacet(Class<Q> facetType)

Description copied from interface: FacetHolder

Get the facet of the specified type (as per the type it reports from Facet.facetType()).

Specified by:

getFacet in interface FacetHolder

Overrides:

getFacet in class FacetHolderImpl

getDefaultValue

public Object getDefaultValue()

Description copied from interface: DefaultProvider

Default value to be provided for properties or parameters that are not declared as @Optional but where the UI has not (yet) provided a value.

Specified by:

getDefaultValue in interface DefaultProvider

getIdentifier

public org.apache.isis.applib.Identifier getIdentifier()

Description copied from interface: IdentifiedHolder

Identifier of this feature.

Specified by:

getIdentifier in interface IdentifiedHolder

createTitleInteractionContext

public ObjectTitleContext createTitleInteractionContext(AuthenticationSession session,
                                               InteractionInvocationMethod interactionMethod,
                                               ObjectAdapter targetObjectAdapter)

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Create an InteractionContext representing an attempt to read the object's title.

Specified by:

createTitleInteractionContext in interface ObjectSpecification

superclass

public ObjectSpecification superclass()

Description copied from interface: Hierarchical

Get the specification for this specification's class's superclass.

Specified by:

superclass in interface Hierarchical

interfaces

public List<ObjectSpecification> interfaces()

Description copied from interface: Hierarchical

Get the list of specifications for all the interfaces that the class represented by this specification implements.

Specified by:

interfaces in interface Hierarchical

subclasses

public List<ObjectSpecification> subclasses()

Description copied from interface: Hierarchical

Get the list of specifications for the subclasses of the class represented by this specification

Specified by:

subclasses in interface Hierarchical

hasSubclasses

public boolean hasSubclasses()

Description copied from interface: Hierarchical

Returns true if the subclasses() method will return an array of one or more elements (ie, not an empty array).

Specified by:

hasSubclasses in interface Hierarchical

isAbstract

public final boolean isAbstract()

Specified by:

isAbstract in interface ObjectSpecification

getAssociations

public List<ObjectAssociation> getAssociations(Contributed contributed)

Description copied from interface: ObjectAssociationContainer

Return all the fields that exist in an object of this specification, although they need not all be accessible or visible.

Specified by:

getAssociations in interface ObjectAssociationContainer

getAssociation

public ObjectAssociation getAssociation(String id)

The association with the given id.

This is overridable because ObjectSpecificationForFreeStandingList simply returns null.

TODO put fields into hash.

TODO: could this be made final? (ie does the framework ever call this method for an ObjectSpecificationForFreeStandingList)

Specified by:

getAssociation in interface ObjectAssociationContainer

getAssociations

@Deprecated
public List<ObjectAssociation> getAssociations(org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter<ObjectAssociation> filter)

Deprecated.

Description copied from interface: ObjectAssociationContainer

Returns all ObjectAssociation (including contributed actions) that match the supplied filter.

Specified by:

getAssociations in interface ObjectAssociationContainer

getAssociations

public List<ObjectAssociation> getAssociations(Contributed contributed,
                                      org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter<ObjectAssociation> filter)

Description copied from interface: ObjectAssociationContainer

Return all ObjectAssociations matching the supplied filter. To get the statically visible fields (where any invisible and unauthorised fields have been removed) use ObjectAssociationFilters#staticallyVisible(...)

Specified by:

getAssociations in interface ObjectAssociationContainer

See Also:

Filters

getProperties

public List<OneToOneAssociation> getProperties(Contributed contributed)

Description copied from interface: ObjectAssociationContainer

All associations that represent properties.

Specified by:

getProperties in interface ObjectAssociationContainer

getCollections

public List<OneToManyAssociation> getCollections(Contributed contributed)

Description copied from interface: ObjectAssociationContainer

All associations that represents collections.

Specified by:

getCollections in interface ObjectAssociationContainer

Returns:

getObjectActions

public List<ObjectAction> getObjectActions(List<ActionType> types,
                                  Contributed contributed,
                                  org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter<ObjectAction> filter)

Specified by:

getObjectActions in interface ObjectActionContainer

getObjectActions

public List<ObjectAction> getObjectActions(Contributed contributed)

Specified by:

getObjectActions in interface ObjectActionContainer

getObjectActions

public List<ObjectAction> getObjectActions(ActionType type,
                                  Contributed contributed,
                                  org.apache.isis.applib.filter.Filter<ObjectAction> filter)

Description copied from interface: ObjectActionContainer

Returns an array of actions of the specified type, including or excluding contributed actions as required.

Specified by:

getObjectActions in interface ObjectActionContainer

sortAssociations

protected List<ObjectAssociation> sortAssociations(List<ObjectAssociation> associations)

sortActions

protected static List<ObjectAction> sortActions(List<ObjectAction> actions)

getServiceActionsReturning

public List<ObjectAction> getServiceActionsReturning(List<ActionType> types)

Specified by:

getServiceActionsReturning in interface ObjectActionContainer

createContributeeActions

protected List<ObjectAction> createContributeeActions()

All contributee actions (each wrapping a service's contributed action) for this spec.

If this specification is actually for a service, then returns an empty list.

isValid

public Consent isValid(ObjectAdapter inObject)

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines whether the specified object is in a valid state (for example, so can be persisted); represented as a Consent.

Specified by:

isValid in interface ObjectSpecification

isValidResult

public InteractionResult isValidResult(ObjectAdapter targetObjectAdapter)

TODO: currently this method is hard-coded to assume all interactions are initiated by user.

Specified by:

isValidResult in interface ObjectSpecification

createValidityInteractionContext

public ObjectValidityContext createValidityInteractionContext(DeploymentCategory deploymentCategory,
                                                     AuthenticationSession session,
                                                     InteractionInvocationMethod interactionMethod,
                                                     ObjectAdapter targetObjectAdapter)

Create an InteractionContext representing an attempt to save the object.

Specified by:

createValidityInteractionContext in interface ObjectSpecification

Parameters:

deploymentCategory - TODO

isImmutable

public boolean isImmutable()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Whether has the ImmutableFacet.

Specified by:

isImmutable in interface ObjectSpecification

isHidden

public boolean isHidden()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Whether has the HiddenFacet

Specified by:

isHidden in interface ObjectSpecification

isParseable

public boolean isParseable()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines if objects of this type can be set up from a text entry string.

In effect, means has got a ParseableFacet.

Specified by:

isParseable in interface ObjectSpecification

isEncodeable

public boolean isEncodeable()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines if objects of this type can be converted to a data-stream.

In effect, means has got EncodableFacet.

Specified by:

isEncodeable in interface ObjectSpecification

isValue

public boolean isValue()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines if objects of this type are values.

In effect, means has got ValueFacet.

Specified by:

isValue in interface ObjectSpecification

isParented

public boolean isParented()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines if objects of this type are parented (a parented collection, or an aggregated entity).

In effect, means has got ParentedFacet.

Specified by:

isParented in interface ObjectSpecification

isParentedOrFreeCollection

public boolean isParentedOrFreeCollection()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines if objects of this type are a parented (internal) or free-standing (external) collection.

In effect, means has got CollectionFacet, and therefore will return NOT ObjectSpecification.isNotCollection().

Specified by:

isParentedOrFreeCollection in interface ObjectSpecification

See Also:

ObjectSpecification.isNotCollection()

isNotCollection

public boolean isNotCollection()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines if the object represents an value or object.

In effect, means that it doesn't have the CollectionFacet, and therefore will return NOT ObjectSpecification.isParentedOrFreeCollection()

Specified by:

isNotCollection in interface ObjectSpecification

See Also:

#isCollection().

isValueOrIsParented

public boolean isValueOrIsParented()

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

Determines if objects of this type are either values or aggregated.

Specified by:

isValueOrIsParented in interface ObjectSpecification

See Also:

ObjectSpecification.isValue(), ObjectSpecification.isParented()

createObject

public Object createObject()

Specified by:

createObject in interface ObjectSpecification

initialize

public ObjectAdapter initialize(ObjectAdapter objectAdapter)

Description copied from interface: ObjectSpecification

REVIEW: should this behaviour move, eg onto ObjectAdapter?

Specified by:

initialize in interface ObjectSpecification

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getAuthenticationSession

protected final AuthenticationSession getAuthenticationSession()

convenience method to return the current AuthenticationSession from the injected AuthenticationSessionProvider.

getAuthenticationSessionProvider

protected AuthenticationSessionProvider getAuthenticationSessionProvider()

getServicesProvider

public ServicesProvider getServicesProvider()

getObjectInstantiator

public ObjectInstantiator getObjectInstantiator()

getSpecificationLookup

public SpecificationLoader getSpecificationLookup()