com.vaadin.data

Interface PropertyDefinition<T,V>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the property set

V - the property type

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface PropertyDefinition<T,V>
extends Serializable

A property from a PropertySet.

Since:

8.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getCaption() Gets the human readable caption to show for this property.
ValueProvider<T,V>	getGetter() Gets the value provider that is used for finding the value of this property for a bean.
String	getName() Gets the name of this property.
PropertySet<T>	getPropertySet() Gets the PropertySet that this property belongs to.
Optional<Setter<T,V>>	getSetter() Gets an optional setter for storing a property value in a bean.
Class<V>	getType() Gets the type of this property.

Method Detail

getGetter

ValueProvider<T,V> getGetter()

Gets the value provider that is used for finding the value of this property for a bean.

Returns:

the getter, not null

getSetter

Optional<Setter<T,V>> getSetter()

Gets an optional setter for storing a property value in a bean.

Returns:

the setter, or an empty optional if this property is read-only

getType

Class<V> getType()

Gets the type of this property.

Returns:

the property type. not null

getName

String getName()

Gets the name of this property.

Returns:

the property name, not null

getCaption

String getCaption()

Gets the human readable caption to show for this property.

Returns:

the caption to show, not null

getPropertySet

PropertySet<T> getPropertySet()

Gets the PropertySet that this property belongs to.

Returns:

the property set, not null