| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008 Matthew Hall and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Matthew Hall - initial API and implementation (bug 195222) |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.databinding.property.list.IListProperty; |
| |
| /** |
| * An {@link IListProperty} extension interface with convenience methods for |
| * creating nested bean properties. |
| * |
| * @since 1.2 |
| */ |
| public interface IBeanListProperty extends IBeanProperty, IListProperty { |
| /** |
| * Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified |
| * value property. |
| * |
| * @param propertyName |
| * the value property to observe. May be nested e.g. |
| * "parent.name" |
| * @return a nested combination of this property and the specified value |
| * property. |
| * @see #values(IBeanValueProperty) |
| */ |
| public IBeanListProperty values(String propertyName); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified |
| * value property. |
| * |
| * @param propertyName |
| * the value property to observe. May be nested e.g. |
| * "parent.name" |
| * @param valueType |
| * the value type of the named property |
| * @return a master-detail combination of this property and the specified |
| * value property. |
| * @see #values(IBeanValueProperty) |
| */ |
| public IBeanListProperty values(String propertyName, Class valueType); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified |
| * value property. The returned property will observe the specified value |
| * property for all elements observed by this list property. |
| * <p> |
| * Example: |
| * |
| * <pre> |
| * // Observes the list-typed "children" property of a Person object, |
| * // where the elements are Person objects |
| * IBeanListProperty children = BeanProperties.list(Person.class, "children", |
| * Person.class); |
| * // Observes the string-typed "name" property of a Person object |
| * IBeanValueProperty name = BeanProperties.value(Person.class, "name"); |
| * // Observes the names of children of a Person object. |
| * IBeanListProperty childrenNames = children.values(name); |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * @param property |
| * the detail property to observe |
| * @return a master-detail combination of this property and the specified |
| * value property. |
| */ |
| public IBeanListProperty values(IBeanValueProperty property); |
| } |