Method Detail

• accept

  void accept(AutoBeanVisitor visitor)

  Accept an AutoBeanVisitor.

  Parameters:

  visitor - an AutoBeanVisitor

• as

  T as()

  Returns a proxy implementation of the T interface which will delegate to the underlying wrapped object, if any.

  Returns:

  a proxy that delegates to the wrapped object

• clone

  @Deprecated
  AutoBean<T> clone(boolean deep)

  Deprecated. with no replacement
  This method always throws an UnsupportedOperationException. The implementation of this method in previous releases was not sufficiently robust and there are no further uses of this method within the GWT code base. Furthermore, there are many different semantics that can be applied to a cloning process that cannot be adequately addressed with a single implementation.

  A simple clone of an acyclic datastructure can be created by using AutoBeanCodex to encode and decode the root object. Other cloning algorithms are best implemented by using an AutoBeanVisitor.

  Throws:

  java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

• getFactory

  AutoBeanFactory getFactory()

  Returns the AutoBeanFactory that created the AutoBean.

  Returns:

  an AutoBeanFactory

• getTag

  <Q> Q getTag(java.lang.String tagName)

  Retrieve a tag value that was previously provided to setTag(String, Object).

  Parameters:

  tagName - the tag name

  Returns:

  the tag value

  See Also:

  setTag(String, Object)

• getType

  java.lang.Class<T> getType()

  Returns the wrapped interface type.

• isFrozen

  boolean isFrozen()

  Returns the value most recently passed to setFrozen(boolean), or false if it has never been called.

  Returns:

  true if this instance is frozen

• isWrapper

  boolean isWrapper()

  Returns true if the AutoBean was provided with an external object.

  Returns:

  true if this instance is a wrapper

• setFrozen

  void setFrozen(boolean frozen)

  Disallows any method calls other than getters. All setter and call operations will throw an IllegalStateException.

  Parameters:

  frozen - if true, freeze this instance

• setTag

  void setTag(java.lang.String tagName,
            java.lang.Object value)

  A tag is an arbitrary piece of external metadata to be associated with the wrapped value.

  Parameters:

  tagName - the tag name

  value - the wrapped value

  See Also:

  getTag(String)

• unwrap

  T unwrap()

  If the AutoBean wraps an object, return the underlying object. The AutoBean will no longer function once unwrapped.

  Returns:

  the previously-wrapped object

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the AutoBean is not a wrapper