com.vaadin.flow.data.binder

Interface PropertyDefinition<T,V>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the property set

V - the property type

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBeanPropertyDefinition, BeanPropertySet.NestedBeanPropertyDefinition

public interface PropertyDefinition<T,V>
extends Serializable

A property from a PropertySet.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

Property Summary

Type	Property and Description
default boolean	isSub Gets the value of the property subProperty.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getCaption() Gets the human readable caption to show for this property.
ValueProvider<T,V>	getGetter() Gets the value provider that is used for finding the value of this property for a bean.
String	getName() Gets the full name of this property.
PropertyDefinition<T,?>	getParent() Gets the parent property of this property if this is a sub-property of the property set.
Class<?>	getPropertyHolderType() Gets the type of the class containing this property.
PropertySet<T>	getPropertySet() Gets the PropertySet that this property belongs to.
Optional<Setter<T,V>>	getSetter() Gets an optional setter for storing a property value in a bean.
default String	getTopLevelName() Gets the top level name of this property.
Class<V>	getType() Gets the type of this property.
default boolean	isSubProperty() Gets the value of the property subProperty.

Property Detail

isSub

default boolean isSubProperty

Gets the value of the property subProperty.

Method Detail

getGetter

ValueProvider<T,V> getGetter()

Gets the value provider that is used for finding the value of this property for a bean.

Returns:

the getter, not null

getSetter

Optional<Setter<T,V>> getSetter()

Gets an optional setter for storing a property value in a bean.

Returns:

the setter, or an empty optional if this property is read-only

getType

Class<V> getType()

Gets the type of this property.

Returns:

the property type. not null

getPropertyHolderType

Class<?> getPropertyHolderType()

Gets the type of the class containing this property.

Returns:

the property type. not null

getName

String getName()

Gets the full name of this property.

Returns:

the property name, not null

getTopLevelName

default String getTopLevelName()

Gets the top level name of this property.

Returns:

the top level property name, not null

getCaption

String getCaption()

Gets the human readable caption to show for this property.

Returns:

the caption to show, not null

getPropertySet

PropertySet<T> getPropertySet()

Gets the PropertySet that this property belongs to.

Returns:

the property set, not null

getParent

PropertyDefinition<T,?> getParent()

Gets the parent property of this property if this is a sub-property of the property set. If this property belongs directly to the property set, it doesn't have a parent and this method returns null.

Returns:

the parent property, may be null

isSubProperty

default boolean isSubProperty()

Gets the value of the property subProperty.