org.springframework.beans
Class MutablePropertyValues

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyValues, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ServletRequestParameterPropertyValues

public class MutablePropertyValues

extends java.lang.Object

implements PropertyValues, java.io.Serializable

Default implementation of the PropertyValues interface. Allows simple manipulation of properties, and provides constructors to support deep copy and construction from a Map.

Since:

13 May 2001

Author:

Rod Johnson

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MutablePropertyValues()
Creates a new empty MutablePropertyValues object.

MutablePropertyValues(java.util.Map source)
Construct a new PropertyValues object from a Map.

MutablePropertyValues(PropertyValues source)
Deep copy constructor.

Method Summary

MutablePropertyValues	addPropertyValue(PropertyValue pv) Add a PropertyValue object, replacing any existing one for the respective property.
void	addPropertyValue(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object propertyValue) Overloaded version of addPropertyValue that takes a property name and a property value.
MutablePropertyValues	addPropertyValues(java.util.Map source) Add all property values from the given Map.
MutablePropertyValues	addPropertyValues(PropertyValues source) Copy all given PropertyValues into this object.
PropertyValues	changesSince(PropertyValues old) Return the changes since the previous PropertyValues.
boolean	contains(java.lang.String propertyName) Is there a property value for this property?
PropertyValue	getPropertyValue(java.lang.String propertyName) Return the property value with the given name.
PropertyValue[]	getPropertyValues() Return an array of the PropertyValue objects held in this object.
void	removePropertyValue(PropertyValue pv) Remove the given PropertyValue, if contained.
void	removePropertyValue(java.lang.String propertyName) Overloaded version of removePropertyValue that takes a property name.
void	setPropertyValueAt(PropertyValue pv, int i) Modify a PropertyValue object held in this object.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MutablePropertyValues

public MutablePropertyValues()

Creates a new empty MutablePropertyValues object. Property values can be added with the addPropertyValue methods.

See Also:

addPropertyValue(PropertyValue), addPropertyValue(String, Object)

MutablePropertyValues

public MutablePropertyValues(PropertyValues source)

Deep copy constructor. Guarantees PropertyValue references are independent, although it can't deep copy objects currently referenced by individual PropertyValue objects.

Parameters:

source - the PropertyValues to copy

See Also:

addPropertyValues(PropertyValues)

MutablePropertyValues

public MutablePropertyValues(java.util.Map source)

Construct a new PropertyValues object from a Map.

Parameters:

source - Map with property values keyed by property name, which must be a String

See Also:

addPropertyValues(Map)

Method Detail

addPropertyValues

public MutablePropertyValues addPropertyValues(PropertyValues source)

Copy all given PropertyValues into this object. Guarantees PropertyValue references are independent, although it can't deep copy objects currently referenced by individual PropertyValue objects.

Parameters:

source - the PropertyValues to copy

Returns:

this object to allow creating objects, adding multiple PropertyValues in a single statement

addPropertyValues

public MutablePropertyValues addPropertyValues(java.util.Map source)

Add all property values from the given Map.

Parameters:

source - Map with property values keyed by property name, which must be a String

Returns:

this object to allow creating objects, adding multiple PropertyValues in a single statement

addPropertyValue

public MutablePropertyValues addPropertyValue(PropertyValue pv)

Add a PropertyValue object, replacing any existing one for the respective property.

Parameters:

pv - PropertyValue object to add

Returns:

this object to allow creating objects, adding multiple PropertyValues in a single statement

addPropertyValue

public void addPropertyValue(java.lang.String propertyName,
                             java.lang.Object propertyValue)

Overloaded version of addPropertyValue that takes a property name and a property value.

Parameters:

propertyName - name of the property

propertyValue - value of the property

See Also:

addPropertyValue(PropertyValue)

removePropertyValue

public void removePropertyValue(PropertyValue pv)

Remove the given PropertyValue, if contained.

Parameters:

pv - the PropertyValue to remove

removePropertyValue

public void removePropertyValue(java.lang.String propertyName)

Overloaded version of removePropertyValue that takes a property name.

Parameters:

propertyName - name of the property

See Also:

removePropertyValue(PropertyValue)

setPropertyValueAt

public void setPropertyValueAt(PropertyValue pv,
                               int i)

Modify a PropertyValue object held in this object. Indexed from 0.

getPropertyValues

public PropertyValue[] getPropertyValues()

Description copied from interface: PropertyValues

Return an array of the PropertyValue objects held in this object.

Specified by:

getPropertyValues in interface PropertyValues

Returns:

an array of the PropertyValue objects held in this object.

getPropertyValue

public PropertyValue getPropertyValue(java.lang.String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: PropertyValues

Return the property value with the given name.

Specified by:

getPropertyValue in interface PropertyValues

Parameters:

propertyName - name to search for

Returns:

pv or null

contains

public boolean contains(java.lang.String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: PropertyValues

Is there a property value for this property?

Specified by:

contains in interface PropertyValues

Parameters:

propertyName - name of the property we're interested in

Returns:

whether there is a property value for this property

changesSince

public PropertyValues changesSince(PropertyValues old)

Description copied from interface: PropertyValues

Return the changes since the previous PropertyValues. Subclasses should also override equals.

Specified by:

changesSince in interface PropertyValues

Parameters:

old - old property values

Returns:

PropertyValues updated or new properties. Return the empty PropertyValues if there are no changes.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()