PropertyMetadata (Couchbase Java SDK)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReflectionBasedPropertyMetadata
```
public interface PropertyMetadata
```
Represents the metadata for a document property inside an EntityMetadata.

Since:

2.2.0

Author:

Michael Nitschinger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`encryptionProviderName()`	Get the encryption crypto algorithm provider name set
`Object`	`get(Object source)`	Returns the content of the field property.
`boolean`	`isField()`	If this property represents a field in the Document.
`boolean`	`isId()`	If this property represents the Document ID.
`String`	`name()`	The name of the field inside the document.
`String`	`realName()`	The name of the actual property inside the java entity.
`void`	`set(Object value, Object source)`	Sets the content of the field property.
`Class<?>`	`type()`	The type of the field property.

- Method Detail
  - isId
```
boolean isId()
```
    If this property represents the Document ID.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it does, false otherwise.
  - isField
```
boolean isField()
```
    If this property represents a field in the Document.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it does, false otherwise.
  - name
```
String name()
```
    The name of the field inside the document. If an alias is used, it is reflected in here. If the raw field name in the entity is needed, use realName().
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the field.
  - realName
```
String realName()
```
    The name of the actual property inside the java entity.
    
    Returns:
    
    the real field name.
  - get
```
Object get(Object source)
```
    Returns the content of the field property.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source object.
    
    Returns:
    
    the content of the field.
  - set
```
void set(Object value,
         Object source)
```
    Sets the content of the field property.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to set.
    
    source - the source object.
  - type
```
Class<?> type()
```
    The type of the field property.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type.
  - encryptionProviderName
```
String encryptionProviderName()
```
    Get the encryption crypto algorithm provider name set
    
    Returns:
    
    the crypto provider name