fulmine.model.field
Class FieldUtils

java.lang.Object
  fulmine.model.field.FieldUtils

public abstract class FieldUtils
extends Object

Provides utility methods for working with IField instances

Author:

Ramon Servadei

Field Summary

static String

CREATE_FROM_NATIVE The name of a field that is created from a native type.

Constructor Summary

FieldUtils()

Method Summary

static IField	createFromNative(Object nativeObject) Convert an object from its native object to a framework object
static <T extends IField> T	createFromString(Class<? extends IField> field, String fieldName, String fieldValue) Create an instance of an IField using the parameters passed in.
static <T extends IField> T	createFromString(String simpleClassName, String fieldName) Create an instance of an IField using the simple class name and the name for the field
static <T extends IField> T	createFromString(String simpleClassName, String fieldName, byte application, short permission) Create an instance of an IField using the simple class name and the name for the field
static Class<? extends IField>	getFrameworkClass(Class<?> nativeType) Convert the native class to the framework class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CREATE_FROM_NATIVE

public static final String CREATE_FROM_NATIVE

The name of a field that is created from a native type.

See Also:

createFromNative(Object), Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

FieldUtils

public FieldUtils()

Method Detail

createFromString

public static <T extends IField> T createFromString(Class<? extends IField> field,
                                                    String fieldName,
                                                    String fieldValue)

Create an instance of an IField using the parameters passed in. The (String, String) constructor for the field class is located and invoked.

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

field - the field Class

fieldName - the field name

fieldValue - the field value

Returns:

the field instance

createFromString

public static <T extends IField> T createFromString(String simpleClassName,
                                                    String fieldName)

Create an instance of an IField using the simple class name and the name for the field

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

simpleClassName - the simple class name, e.g. StringField

fieldName - the name for the field

Returns:

the field

createFromString

public static <T extends IField> T createFromString(String simpleClassName,
                                                    String fieldName,
                                                    byte application,
                                                    short permission)

Create an instance of an IField using the simple class name and the name for the field

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

simpleClassName - the simple class name, e.g. StringField

fieldName - the name for the field

application - the application code for the field

permission - the permission code for the field

Returns:

the field

createFromNative

public static IField createFromNative(Object nativeObject)

Convert an object from its native object to a framework object

Parameters:

nativeObject - the object to convert

Returns:

a framework object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the native object is not supported

getFrameworkClass

public static Class<? extends IField> getFrameworkClass(Class<?> nativeType)

Convert the native class to the framework class

Parameters:

nativeType - the native class type

Returns:

the framework class

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the native class is not compatible with the framework