org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans

Interface IBeanMapProperty

All Superinterfaces:

IBeanProperty, IMapProperty, IProperty

public interface IBeanMapProperty
extends IBeanProperty, IMapProperty

An IMapProperty extension interface with convenience methods for creating nested bean properties.

Since:

1.2

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IBeanMapProperty	values(IBeanValueProperty property) Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.
IBeanMapProperty	values(String propertyName) Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.
IBeanMapProperty	values(String propertyName, Class valueType) Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans.IBeanProperty

getPropertyDescriptor

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.databinding.property.map.IMapProperty

getKeyType, getMap, getValueType, mapFactory, mapFactory, observe, observe, observeDetail, setMap, updateMap, values

Method Detail

values

IBeanMapProperty values(String propertyName)

Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.

Parameters:

propertyName - the value property to observe. May be nested e.g. "parent.name"

Returns:

a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.

See Also:

values(IBeanValueProperty)

values

IBeanMapProperty values(String propertyName,
                        Class valueType)

Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.

Parameters:

propertyName - the value property to observe. May be nested e.g. "parent.name"

valueType - the value type of the named property

Returns:

a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.

See Also:

values(IBeanValueProperty)

values

IBeanMapProperty values(IBeanValueProperty property)

Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property. The returned property will observe the specified value property for all values observed by this map property, mapping from this map property's key set to the specified value property's value for each element in the master property's values collection.

Parameters:

property - the detail property to observe

Returns:

a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.