net.sf.adatagenerator.api
Interface GeneratedBean

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable

All Known Subinterfaces:

GeneratedGroupBean

public interface GeneratedBean
extends Cloneable

A bean that has a set of properties that pertain to the generation of the bean.

Author:

rphall

Method Summary

Object	clone()
GeneratedBean	cloneGeneratedBean() A typesafe clone method
Properties	getProperties() Returns a copy of this bean's properties.
String	getProperty(String pn) Searches for the property with the specified name in the properties of this bean.
void	removeProperty(String pn) Removes a property from this bean.
void	setProperty(String pn, String pv) Sets a property value for this bean.

Method Detail

clone

Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

See Also:

for the Cloneable contract, Object.clone()

cloneGeneratedBean

GeneratedBean cloneGeneratedBean()
                                 throws CreationException

A typesafe clone method

Throws:

CreationException

getProperties

Properties getProperties()

Returns a copy of this bean's properties.

Returns:

setProperty

void setProperty(String pn,
                 String pv)

Sets a property value for this bean.

Parameters:

pn - the (non-null) property name

pv - the (non-null) property value

removeProperty

void removeProperty(String pn)

Removes a property from this bean.

Parameters:

pn - the (non-null) property name

getProperty

String getProperty(String pn)

Searches for the property with the specified name in the properties of this bean. The method returns null if the property is not found.

Parameters:

pn - the property name.

Returns:

the value in this property list with the specified key value, or null if the property does not exist.