| /******************************************************************************* |
| * 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 195222) |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans; |
| |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.databinding.property.map.IMapProperty; |
| |
| /** |
| * An {@link IMapProperty} extension interface with convenience methods for |
| * creating nested bean properties. |
| * |
| * @since 1.2 |
| * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients. |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface IBeanMapProperty extends IBeanProperty, IMapProperty { |
| /** |
| * 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 master-detail combination of this property and the specified |
| * value property. |
| * @see #values(IBeanValueProperty) |
| */ |
| public IBeanMapProperty 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 IBeanMapProperty 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 {@link Map#values() values} observed by this map |
| * property, mapping from this map property's {@link Map#keySet() key set} |
| * to the specified value property's value for each element in the master |
| * property's {@link Map#values() values} collection. |
| * |
| * @param property |
| * the detail property to observe |
| * @return a master-detail combination of this property and the specified |
| * value property. |
| */ |
| public IBeanMapProperty values(IBeanValueProperty property); |
| } |