org.davesag.generica.core
Class AbstractExtensibleContent

java.lang.Object
  org.davesag.generica.core.AbstractDateStamped
      org.davesag.generica.core.AbstractContent
          org.davesag.generica.core.AbstractExtensibleContent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Content, DateStamped, Extensible, Localisable, Persistable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractText, Category, Media, MediaType

public abstract class AbstractExtensibleContent

extends AbstractContent

implements Extensible

The AbstractExtensibleContent bean provides a handy abstract root for all extensible core classes.

Since:

Visuality Lite 1.0.0

Version:

CVS Revision $Id: AbstractExtensibleContent.java,v 1.6 2004/04/08 13:19:07 davesag Exp $

Author:

Dave Sag http://www.davesag.com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected Map

theMetaData a map of application definable meta-data

Fields inherited from class org.davesag.generica.core.AbstractContent

theCountryCode, theLanguageCode

Fields inherited from class org.davesag.generica.core.AbstractDateStamped

theCreated, theId, theLastModified

Constructor Summary

AbstractExtensibleContent()
default constructor

AbstractExtensibleContent(Locale loc)
constructor takes a locale.

AbstractExtensibleContent(String lang)
constructor takes a language code.

Method Summary

void	addMetaData(String key, String metadata) Add a piece of MetaData to this AbstractExtensibleContent.
boolean	equals(Object o) Tests if the supplied object is equal to this AbstractExtensibleContent, ie do they have the same Id?
Map	getMetaData() Get the Map of MetaData about this text.
Object	getMetaData(Object key) returns the metadata for the particular key.
void	removeMetaData(String key) Remove a piece of MetaData from this AbstractExtensibleContent.
void	setMetaData(Map metadata) Set this AbstractExtensibleContent's MetaData Map.

Methods inherited from class org.davesag.generica.core.AbstractContent

getCountryCode, getLanguageCode, getLocale, hashcode, setCountryCode, setLanguageCode, setLocale, toString

Methods inherited from class org.davesag.generica.core.AbstractDateStamped

getCreated, getId, getLastModified, setCreated, setId, setLastModified, setTemplateId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.davesag.generica.core.DateStamped

getCreated, getLastModified, setCreated, setLastModified

Field Detail

theMetaData

protected Map theMetaData

a map of application definable meta-data

Constructor Detail

AbstractExtensibleContent

public AbstractExtensibleContent()

default constructor

AbstractExtensibleContent

public AbstractExtensibleContent(String lang)

constructor takes a language code.

Parameters:

lang - The ISO Language Code.

AbstractExtensibleContent

public AbstractExtensibleContent(Locale loc)

constructor takes a locale.

Parameters:

loc - The Locale.

Method Detail

getMetaData

public Map getMetaData()

Get the Map of MetaData about this text.

Specified by:

getMetaData in interface Extensible

Returns:

The Map of MetaData about this AbstractExtensibleContent.

getMetaData

public Object getMetaData(Object key)

returns the metadata for the particular key.

Specified by:

getMetaData in interface Extensible

Parameters:

key - The key to the bit of meta data you want.

Returns:

The Value corresponding to the key.

Hibernate Map:

table = "content_metadata" cascade="all" lazy="true"

setMetaData

public void setMetaData(Map metadata)

Set this AbstractExtensibleContent's MetaData Map.

Specified by:

setMetaData in interface Extensible

Parameters:

metadata - The Map of meta data for this AbstractExtensibleContent.

addMetaData

public void addMetaData(String key,
                        String metadata)

Add a piece of MetaData to this AbstractExtensibleContent.

Specified by:

addMetaData in interface Extensible

Parameters:

key - The key under which to file the meta data. If the key is already there the value will replace the existing value.

metadata - The meta data to add.

removeMetaData

public void removeMetaData(String key)

Remove a piece of MetaData from this AbstractExtensibleContent.

Specified by:

removeMetaData in interface Extensible

Parameters:

key - The MetaData key to remove.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Tests if the supplied object is equal to this AbstractExtensibleContent, ie do they have the same Id?

Overrides:

equals in class AbstractContent

Parameters:

o - The object to test against this AbstractExtensibleContent. Must also be a AbstractExtensibleContent to make sense.

Returns:

true if the two AbstractExtensibleContents have the same id.