com.sun.jimi.util
Class PropertyOwnerBase

java.lang.Object
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public class PropertyOwnerBase

extends java.lang.Object

implements PropertyOwner

Implementation of the PropertyOwner interface. This implementation provides sychronised methods for concurrent access security.

Field Summary

protected java.util.Hashtable

props properties being held

Constructor Summary

PropertyOwnerBase()

Method Summary

void	clearProperties()
java.lang.Object	getPossibleValuesForProperty(java.lang.String name) Returns the PropertyOwner.ANY_VALUE_STRING by default.
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String key) Matching getProperty() method for the setProperty() method.
java.lang.String	getPropertyDescription(java.lang.String name)
java.util.Enumeration	getPropertyNames()
void	setProperty(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object val)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

props

protected java.util.Hashtable props

properties being held

Constructor Detail

PropertyOwnerBase

public PropertyOwnerBase()

Method Detail

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String key,
                        java.lang.Object val)
                 throws InvalidOptionException

Specified by:

setProperty in interface PropertyOwner

Parameters:

key - the id of the property to set a value for

val - the value to set the property to

Returns:

the previous value of the property being set

Throws:

InvalidOptionException - thrown when an Encoder or Decoder finds any problems with the key value pair that is set.

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String key)

Matching getProperty() method for the setProperty() method.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface PropertyOwner

Parameters:

key - which property to retrieve the value for

Returns:

the value in this property list with the specified key value

getPropertyNames

public java.util.Enumeration getPropertyNames()

Specified by:

getPropertyNames in interface PropertyOwner

Returns:

the names of the properties currently added to this object.

getPossibleValuesForProperty

public java.lang.Object getPossibleValuesForProperty(java.lang.String name)
                                              throws InvalidOptionException

Returns the PropertyOwner.ANY_VALUE_STRING by default.

Specified by:

getPossibleValuesForProperty in interface PropertyOwner

Throws:

InvalidOptionException - thrown if the param name is not a valid option for this Property Owner.

getPropertyDescription

public java.lang.String getPropertyDescription(java.lang.String name)
                                        throws InvalidOptionException

Specified by:

getPropertyDescription in interface PropertyOwner

clearProperties

public void clearProperties()

Specified by:

clearProperties in interface PropertyOwner