propertyinfo.java.svn-base

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package org.ksoap2.serialization;

/**
 * This class is used to store information about each property an implementation
 * of KvmSerializable exposes.
 */

public class PropertyInfo {
    public static final Class OBJECT_CLASS = new Object().getClass();
    public static final Class STRING_CLASS = "".getClass();
    public static final Class INTEGER_CLASS = new Integer(0).getClass();
    public static final Class LONG_CLASS = new Long(0).getClass();
    public static final Class BOOLEAN_CLASS = new Boolean(true).getClass();
    public static final Class VECTOR_CLASS = new java.util.Vector().getClass();
    public static final PropertyInfo OBJECT_TYPE = new PropertyInfo();
    public static final int TRANSIENT = 1;
    public static final int MULTI_REF = 2;
    public static final int REF_ONLY = 4;
    /** Name of the property */
    public String name;
    /** Namespace of this property */
    public String namespace;
    
    /** Type of property, Transient, multi_ref, Ref_only *JHS* Note, not really used that effectively */
    public int flags;
    
    /** The current value of this property. */
    protected Object value;
    
    /**
     * Type of the property/elements. Should usually be an instance of Class.
     */
    public Object type = OBJECT_CLASS;
    /** if a property is multi-referenced, set this flag to true. */
    public boolean multiRef;
    /** Element type for array properties, null if not array prop. */
    public PropertyInfo elementType;

    public PropertyInfo() {
    }

    public void clear() {
        type = OBJECT_CLASS;
        flags = 0;
        name = null;
        namespace = null;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the elementType.
     */
    public PropertyInfo getElementType() {
      return elementType;
    }

    /**
     * @param elementType The elementType to set.
     */
    public void setElementType(PropertyInfo elementType) {
      this.elementType = elementType;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the flags.
     */
    public int getFlags() {
      return flags;
    }

    /**
     * @param flags The flags to set.
     */
    public void setFlags(int flags) {
      this.flags = flags;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the multiRef.
     */
    public boolean isMultiRef() {
      return multiRef;
    }

    /**
     * @param multiRef The multiRef to set.
     */
    public void setMultiRef(boolean multiRef) {
      this.multiRef = multiRef;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the name.
     */
    public String getName() {
      return name;
    }

    /**
     * @param name The name to set.
     */
    public void setName(String name) {
      this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the namespace.
     */
    public String getNamespace() {
      return namespace;
    }

    /**
     * @param namespace The namespace to set.
     */
    public void setNamespace(String namespace) {
      this.namespace = namespace;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the type.
     */
    public Object getType() {
      return type;
    }

    /**
     * @param type The type to set.
     */
    public void setType(Object type) {
      this.type = type;
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns the value.
     */
    public Object getValue() {
      return value;
    }

    /**
     * @param value The value to set.
     */
    public void setValue(Object value) {
      this.value = value;
    }

    /** Show the name and value.
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    public String toString() {
      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
      sb.append(name);
      sb.append(" : ");
      if ( value != null ) {
        sb.append(value);
      }
      else {
        sb.append ("(not set)");
      }
      return sb.toString();
    }

}