Module io.github.mmm.value

Package io.github.mmm.value

Interface PropertyPath<V>

Type Parameters:

V - type of the value.

All Superinterfaces:

CriteriaObject<V>, ReadablePath, ReadableValue<V>, Supplier<V>

All Known Subinterfaces:

TypedPropertyPath<V>

public interface PropertyPath<V>
extends ReadableValue<V>, ReadablePath, CriteriaObject<V>

Interface for a valued path. May be a property itself, a reference on a property or a query criteria to match a property.

Since:

1.0.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface io.github.mmm.value.ReadablePath

ReadablePath.PathBuilder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getName()
default String	pathSegment()	This method is not a regular getter to avoid conflicts with custom properties of beans implementing this interface.

Methods inherited from interface io.github.mmm.value.ReadablePath

parentPath, path, path, path

Methods inherited from interface io.github.mmm.value.ReadableValue

get, getSafe

Method Details

getName

String getName()

Returns:

the name of this path. May be a single property (e.g. "MyProperty") or a dot-separated path (e.g. "MyEntity.MyProperty").

pathSegment

default String pathSegment()

Description copied from interface: ReadablePath

This method is not a regular getter to avoid conflicts with custom properties of beans implementing this interface.

Specified by:

pathSegment in interface ReadablePath

Returns:

the path-segment of this object. Should be a single property name (e.g. "MyProperty") or alias (e.g. "entity").