de.mid.innovator.ui
Class PropertyCfg<T>

java.lang.Object
  de.mid.innovator.ui.PropertyCfg<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Property, Comparable<Property>

public class PropertyCfg<T>
extends Object
implements Property

The class is the Property interface default implementation that can be used with Innovator applications. The application uses this class to specify the properties which it will react to upon runtime; this is done using a PropertyProvider. You can specify a wide array of property configurations that are, e.g. given to the PropertyProvider upon creation.

Author:

borschet

See Also:

PropertyProvider, Property, PropertyProviderDefault

PropertyCfg

public PropertyCfg(String key,
                   String help)

Creates a property configuration without a default value.

Parameters:

key - the property name

help - additional help information shown about using the application

PropertyCfg

public PropertyCfg(String key,
                   T defVal,
                   String help)

Creates a property configuration of type T with a name, corresponding help string and configured default value.

Parameters:

key - the property name

defVal - the default value

help - additional help information shown about using the application

compareTo

public int compareTo(Property o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Property>

getDefaultAsString

public String getDefaultAsString()

Getter for default value as string.

Specified by:

getDefaultAsString in interface Property

Returns:

The default value as string.

getDefaultValue

public Object getDefaultValue()

Getter for default value.

Specified by:

getDefaultValue in interface Property

Returns:

The default value that was previously configured as a (castable) object.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Getter for additional help.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Property

Returns:

A (hopefully) helpful description that was configured, which a user can view.

getKey

public String getKey()

Getter for key.

Specified by:

getKey in interface Property

Returns:

The name of the key