com.opensymphony.xwork2.conversion

Interface ObjectTypeDeterminer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultObjectTypeDeterminer, MockObjectTypeDeterminer

public interface ObjectTypeDeterminer

Determines what the key and and element class of a Map or Collection should be. For Maps, the elements are the values. For Collections, the elements are the elements of the collection.

See the implementations for javadoc description for the methods as they are dependent on the concrete implementation.

Author:

Gabriel Zimmerman

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class	getElementClass(Class parentClass, String property, Object key)
Class	getKeyClass(Class parentClass, String property)
String	getKeyProperty(Class parentClass, String property)
boolean	shouldCreateIfNew(Class parentClass, String property, Object target, String keyProperty, boolean isIndexAccessed)

Method Detail

getKeyClass

Class getKeyClass(Class parentClass,
                String property)

getElementClass

Class getElementClass(Class parentClass,
                    String property,
                    Object key)

getKeyProperty

String getKeyProperty(Class parentClass,
                    String property)

shouldCreateIfNew

boolean shouldCreateIfNew(Class parentClass,
                        String property,
                        Object target,
                        String keyProperty,
                        boolean isIndexAccessed)