org.objectweb.jorm.metainfo.api
Interface ScalarField

All Superinterfaces:

MetaObject, PrimitiveElement, java.io.Serializable, TypedElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicScalarField

public interface ScalarField

extends PrimitiveElement

A ScalarField describes corresponds to a hidden field of a ClassObject or a Generic Class. For Classes, it is typically used to represent PNames. For Generic Class, it can also be used for the index attributes of the Generic Class.

Author:

X. Spengler

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getNullValue() get the null value for this field.
boolean	hasNullValue() Test if the null value exists for this field.
void	setNullValue(java.lang.String value) Set the null value for this field.

Methods inherited from interface org.objectweb.jorm.metainfo.api.PrimitiveElement

createValueMapping, getValueMapping, isScalar, iterateValueMapping

Methods inherited from interface org.objectweb.jorm.metainfo.api.TypedElement

getName, getType

Methods inherited from interface org.objectweb.jorm.metainfo.api.MetaObject

getParent, setParent

Method Detail

setNullValue

public void setNullValue(java.lang.String value)

Set the null value for this field.

Parameters:

value - a string representation of the nullvalue

getNullValue

public java.lang.String getNullValue()

get the null value for this field.

Returns:

the string representation of the null value or null if there is no null value for this field.

hasNullValue

public boolean hasNullValue()

Test if the null value exists for this field.

Returns:

true if the null value exist for this field.