| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 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 194734) |
| * Matthew Hall - bug 195222 |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.core.databinding.property.map; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm; |
| import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.map.IObservableMap; |
| import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.masterdetail.IObservableFactory; |
| import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.value.IObservableValue; |
| import org.eclipse.core.databinding.property.IProperty; |
| import org.eclipse.core.databinding.property.value.IValueProperty; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for map-typed properties |
| * |
| * @since 1.2 |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * Clients should instead subclass one of the classes that |
| * implement this interface. Note that direct implementers of this |
| * interface outside of the framework will be broken in future |
| * releases when methods are added to this interface. |
| * @see MapProperty |
| * @see SimpleMapProperty |
| */ |
| public interface IMapProperty extends IProperty { |
| /** |
| * Returns the element type of the map's key set or <code>null</code> if the |
| * key set is untyped. |
| * |
| * @return the element type of the map's key set or <code>null</code> if the |
| * key set is untyped. |
| */ |
| public Object getKeyType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the element type of the map's values collection or |
| * <code>null</code> if the collection is untyped. |
| * |
| * @return the element type of the map's values collection or |
| * <code>null</code> if the collection is untyped. |
| */ |
| public Object getValueType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an observable map observing this map property on the given |
| * property source |
| * |
| * @param source |
| * the property source |
| * @return an observable map observing this map-typed property on the given |
| * property source |
| */ |
| public IObservableMap observe(Object source); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an observable map observing this map property on the given |
| * property source |
| * |
| * @param realm |
| * the observable's realm |
| * @param source |
| * the property source |
| * @return an observable map observing this map-typed property on the given |
| * property source |
| */ |
| public IObservableMap observe(Realm realm, Object source); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a factory for creating observable maps tracking this property of |
| * a particular property source. |
| * |
| * @return a factory for creating observable maps tracking this property of |
| * a particular property source. |
| */ |
| public IObservableFactory mapFactory(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a factory for creating observable maps in the given realm, |
| * tracking this property of a particular property source. |
| * |
| * @param realm |
| * the realm |
| * |
| * @return a factory for creating observable maps in the given realm, |
| * tracking this property of a particular property source. |
| */ |
| public IObservableFactory mapFactory(Realm realm); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an observable map on the master observable's realm which tracks |
| * this property of the values in the entry set of <code>master</code>. |
| * |
| * @param master |
| * the master observable |
| * @return an observable map on the master observable's realm which tracks |
| * this property of the values in the entry set of |
| * <code>master</code>. |
| */ |
| public IObservableMap observeDetail(IObservableValue master); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the nested combination of this property and the specified detail |
| * value property. Note that because this property is a projection of value |
| * properties over a values collection, the only modifications supported are |
| * through the {@link IObservableMap#put(Object, Object)} and |
| * {@link IObservableMap#putAll(java.util.Map)} methods. In the latter case, |
| * this property does not entries for keys not already contained in the |
| * master map's key set. Modifications made through the returned property |
| * are delegated to the detail property, using the corresponding entry value |
| * from the master property as the source. |
| * |
| * @param detailValues |
| * the detail property |
| * @return the nested combination of the master map and detail value |
| * properties. |
| */ |
| public IMapProperty values(IValueProperty detailValues); |
| } |