Package com.storedobject.core

Interface ObjectGetter<T extends StoredObject>

Type Parameters:

T - Type of object provided.

All Known Subinterfaces:

AbstractObjectInput<T>, DelegatedIdInput<T>, DelegatedObjectInput<T>, IdInput<T>, ItemInput<T>, ObjectInput<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractObjectField, AccountField, AssemblyItemField, BinField, BlockComboField, FileField, ItemComboField, ItemField, ItemGetField, ItemTypeGetField, LocationField, ObjectCodeField, ObjectComboField, ObjectField, ObjectFormField, ObjectGetField, ObjectListField, ObjectSearcherField, ObjectSearchField, UserField

public interface ObjectGetter<T extends StoredObject>

Definition of an "object getter" - classes that provide an object of a specific type.

Author:

Syam

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default T	getObject()	Get the object that is provided.
default Class<T>	getObjectClass()	Class of the object provided.
default Id	getObjectId()	Get the Id of object that is provided.
default boolean	isAllowAny()	Whether all any type of objects derived from the type is allowed or not.

Method Details

getObject

default T getObject()

Get the object that is provided. The default implementation tries to retrieve the object corresponding to the Id returned by the getObjectId() method.

Note: Either this method or getObjectId() should be implemented. Otherwise, it will result in infinite recursion.

Returns:

Object provided.

getObjectId

default Id getObjectId()

Get the Id of object that is provided. The default implementation tries to return the Id of object returned by the getObject() method.

Note: Either this method or getObject() should be implemented. Otherwise, it will result in infinite recursion.

Returns:

Object provided.

isAllowAny

default boolean isAllowAny()

Whether all any type of objects derived from the type is allowed or not. Default implementation returns false.

Returns:

True or false.

getObjectClass

default Class<T> getObjectClass()

Class of the object provided. Default implementation returns null.

Returns:

Class of the object provided.