gate.jape.constraint

Class MetaPropertyAccessor

java.lang.Object

gate.jape.constraint.MetaPropertyAccessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

AnnotationAccessor, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

LengthAccessor, SimpleAnnotationAccessor, StringAccessor

public abstract class MetaPropertyAccessor
extends Object
implements AnnotationAccessor

Accessor which returns a particular property or meta-property of an annotation, such as length or string.

Author:

esword

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger	log

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetaPropertyAccessor()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
abstract Object	getKey() Sub-classes should return the name of the meta-property which they implement.
int	hashCode()
void	setKey(Object key) Store a key or name for the accessor to reference when it attempts to obtain the value of an object.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface gate.jape.constraint.AnnotationAccessor

getValue

Field Detail

log

protected static final org.apache.log4j.Logger log

Constructor Detail

MetaPropertyAccessor

public MetaPropertyAccessor()

Method Detail

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

setKey

public void setKey(Object key)

Description copied from interface: AnnotationAccessor

Store a key or name for the accessor to reference when it attempts to obtain the value of an object. Different implementors will have different uses for the key. For example, it could be the name of the feature that should be returned. It could also be the name of a property to invoke on the Annotation object.

Specified by:

setKey in interface AnnotationAccessor

getKey

public abstract Object getKey()

Sub-classes should return the name of the meta-property which they implement.

Specified by:

getKey in interface AnnotationAccessor