com.xebialabs.deployit.plugin.api.reflect

Interface PropertyDescriptor

public interface PropertyDescriptor

Encapsulates the metadata about a property of a type in the XL Deploy type system. Example of such metadata: the name and type of the property, information related to UI-rendering etc.

Property Summary

Type	Property and Description
boolean	isInspection Gets the value of the property inspectionProperty.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	areEqual(ConfigurationItem item, ConfigurationItem other)
boolean	areEqual(ConfigurationItem item, ConfigurationItem other, java.util.function.Function<ConfigurationItem,java.lang.Object> identifierExtractor)
java.lang.Object	get(ConfigurationItem item)
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getAliases()
java.lang.String	getCandidateValuesFilter() The CandidateValuesFilter to apply when selecting values for this CI, SET_OF_CI, LIST_OF_CI property
java.lang.String	getCategory() The UI groups all properties in the same category into a tab of their own.
java.lang.Object	getDefaultValue()
java.lang.String	getDescription()
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getEnumValues()
java.lang.String	getFqn()
InputHint	getInputHint()
PropertyKind	getKind()
java.lang.String	getLabel()
java.lang.String	getName()
Type	getReferencedType() Only relevant for properties of kind CI, SET_OF_CI or LIST_OF_CI.
Property.Size	getSize()
boolean	isAsContainment() Indicates a parent / child relationship (Boolean).
boolean	isDeployedSpecific()
boolean	isHidden() Hidden properties don't show up in the UI.
boolean	isInspectionProperty() Gets the value of the property inspectionProperty.
boolean	isPassword() Only applicable for String property types.
boolean	isReadonly()
boolean	isRequired()
boolean	isRequiredForInspection()
boolean	isTransient()
void	set(ConfigurationItem item, java.lang.Object value) Set the given value for this property of the given ConfigurationItem.
java.lang.String	toString()

Property Detail

isInspection

boolean isInspectionProperty

Gets the value of the property inspectionProperty.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

The name of the property.

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns:

Textual description of the property.

isAsContainment

boolean isAsContainment()

Indicates a parent / child relationship (Boolean). Only applicable for properties that refer to other CIs.

Returns:

If asContainment is set to true and the property is of kind CI then we are referring to the parent of this CI. If the kind is LIST_OF_CI or SET_OF_CI, then this CI is the parent and this property refers to its children.

getCategory

java.lang.String getCategory()

The UI groups all properties in the same category into a tab of their own.

Returns:

The category of this property.

getLabel

java.lang.String getLabel()

Returns:

Label text for use in the UI.

isPassword

boolean isPassword()

Only applicable for String property types. Contents maybe masked with '*' character.

Returns:

Whether this property is a password.

isRequired

boolean isRequired()

Returns:

Whether this property is required.

getSize

Property.Size getSize()

Returns:

The size of the input field in the UI. Possible values: DEFAULT, SMALL, MEDIUM or LARGE.

getKind

PropertyKind getKind()

Returns:

The PropertyKind. Possible values: BOOLEAN, INTEGER, STRING, ENUM, CI, SET_OF_STRING, SET_OF_CI, LIST_OF_STRING, LIST_OF_CI or MAP_STRING_STRING.

getEnumValues

java.util.List<java.lang.String> getEnumValues()

Returns:

All the available values if this property is of kind ENUM. Otherwise, an empty list.

getReferencedType

Type getReferencedType()

Only relevant for properties of kind CI, SET_OF_CI or LIST_OF_CI.

Returns:

The type of the referenced configuration item.

getDefaultValue

java.lang.Object getDefaultValue()

Returns:

The default value of the property.

isHidden

boolean isHidden()

Hidden properties don't show up in the UI. Note that a hidden property must have a default value.

Returns:

Whether the property is hidden.

get

java.lang.Object get(ConfigurationItem item)

Parameters:

item - A ConfigurationItem.

Returns:

The value for this property of the given CI.

set

void set(ConfigurationItem item,
         java.lang.Object value)

Set the given value for this property of the given ConfigurationItem.

areEqual

boolean areEqual(ConfigurationItem item,
                 ConfigurationItem other)

areEqual

boolean areEqual(ConfigurationItem item,
                 ConfigurationItem other,
                 java.util.function.Function<ConfigurationItem,java.lang.Object> identifierExtractor)

isInspectionProperty

boolean isInspectionProperty()

Gets the value of the property inspectionProperty.

isRequiredForInspection

boolean isRequiredForInspection()

Returns:

Whether this property is required in order to start the discovery process.

isTransient

boolean isTransient()

Returns:

Whether the property is persisted in the repository or not.

isReadonly

boolean isReadonly()

Returns:

Whether the property is readonly or not.

getAliases

java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getAliases()

Returns:

The aliases with which this property can be referred.

getCandidateValuesFilter

java.lang.String getCandidateValuesFilter()

The CandidateValuesFilter to apply when selecting values for this CI, SET_OF_CI, LIST_OF_CI property

Returns:

The name of the CandidateValuesFilter

getFqn

java.lang.String getFqn()

Returns:

The fully qualified name of the property. This is the type name followed by a dot and then the property name. For example: overthere.SshJumpstation.port.

isDeployedSpecific

boolean isDeployedSpecific()

getInputHint

InputHint getInputHint()

Returns:

The InputHint configured for this property

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object