org.apache.jackrabbit.api.jsr283.nodetype
Interface NodeTypeDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

NodeTypeTemplate

public interface NodeTypeDefinition

The NodeTypeDefinition interface provides methods for discovering the static definition of a node type. These are accessible both before and after the node type is registered. Its subclass NodeType adds methods that are relevant only when the node type is "live"; that is, after it has been registered. Note that the separate NodeDefinition interface only plays a significant role in implementations that support node type registration. In those cases it serves as the superclass of both NodeType and NodeTypeTemplate. In implementations that do not support node type registration, only objects implementing the subinterface NodeType will be encountered.

Since:

JCR 2.0

Method Summary

NodeDefinition[]	getDeclaredChildNodeDefinitions() Returns an array containing the child node definitions actually declared in this node type.
PropertyDefinition[]	getDeclaredPropertyDefinitions() Returns an array containing the property definitions actually declared in this node type.
String[]	getDeclaredSupertypeNames() Returns the names of the supertypes actually declared in this node type.
String	getName() Returns the name of the node type.
String	getPrimaryItemName() Returns the name of the primary item (one of the child items of the nodes of this node type).
boolean	hasOrderableChildNodes() Returns true if nodes of this type must support orderable child nodes; returns false otherwise.
boolean	isAbstract() Returns true if this is an abstract node type; returns false otherwise.
boolean	isMixin() Returns true if this is a mixin type; returns false if it is primary.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of the node type.

In implementations that support node type registration, if this NodeTypeDefinition object is actually a newly-created empty NodeTypeTemplate, then this method will return null.

Returns:

a String

getDeclaredSupertypeNames

String[] getDeclaredSupertypeNames()

Returns the names of the supertypes actually declared in this node type.

In implementations that support node type registration, if this NodeTypeDefinition object is actually a newly-created empty NodeTypeTemplate, then this method will return an array containing a single string indicating the node type nt:base.

Returns:

an array of Strings

isAbstract

boolean isAbstract()

Returns true if this is an abstract node type; returns false otherwise.

An abstract node type is one that cannot be assigned as the primary or mixin type of a node but can be used in the definitions of other node types as a superclass.

In implementations that support node type registration, if this NodeTypeDefinition object is actually a newly-created empty NodeTypeTemplate, then this method will return false.

Returns:

a boolean

isMixin

boolean isMixin()

Returns true if this is a mixin type; returns false if it is primary.

In implementations that support node type registration, if this NodeTypeDefinition object is actually a newly-created empty NodeTypeTemplate, then this method will return false.

Returns:

a boolean

hasOrderableChildNodes

boolean hasOrderableChildNodes()

Returns true if nodes of this type must support orderable child nodes; returns false otherwise. If a node type returns true on a call to this method, then all nodes of that node type must support the method Node.orderBefore. If a node type returns false on a call to this method, then nodes of that node type may support Node.orderBefore. Only the primary node type of a node controls that node's status in this regard. This setting on a mixin node type will not have any effect on the node.

In implementations that support node type registration, if this NodeTypeDefinition object is actually a newly-created empty NodeTypeTemplate, then this method will return false.

Returns:

a boolean

getPrimaryItemName

String getPrimaryItemName()

Returns the name of the primary item (one of the child items of the nodes of this node type). If this node has no primary item, then this method returns null. This indicator is used by the method Node.getPrimaryItem().

In implementations that support node type registration, if this NodeTypeDefinition object is actually a newly-created empty NodeTypeTemplate, then this method will return null.

Returns:

a String

getDeclaredPropertyDefinitions

PropertyDefinition[] getDeclaredPropertyDefinitions()

Returns an array containing the property definitions actually declared in this node type.

In implementations that support node type registration, if this NodeTypeDefinition object is actually a newly-created empty NodeTypeTemplate, then this method will return null.

Returns:

an array of PropertyDefinitions

getDeclaredChildNodeDefinitions

NodeDefinition[] getDeclaredChildNodeDefinitions()

Returns an array containing the child node definitions actually declared in this node type.

In implementations that support node type registration, if this NodeTypeDefinition object is actually a newly-created empty NodeTypeTemplate, then this method will return null.

Returns:

an array of NodeDefinitions