IElement Interface

com.bea.ide.element
IElement Interface

public interface IElement

This class represents the base level object within the IDE. Many other objects are derived from it, but it provides a base level object that can be used very generically. The base interface does not impose any structure or relationship between elements. For structured elements, see ITreeElement.

All Known Implementing Classes
DefaultElement, DefaultDocument, JavaDocument, ControlDocument, ControlContainerDocument, DefaultSourceDocument, DefaultDocumentElement, ControlVariable, ControlMethod, DefaultSourceElement, DefaultTreeElement
All Known Subinterfaces

IDocument, IDocumentElement, IDOMSourceElement, ILinkedElement, IRelatedDocument, ISourceDocument, ISourceElement, ITreeElement, IVersionedDocument

Method Summary
public Object
getProperty(String sProperty)
Shortcut method to get a property value.
public PropertyDescriptor[]
getPropertyDescriptors()
Return the property descriptors available for this object.
public void
setProperty(String sProperty, Object oValue)
Shortcut method to set a property value.

Method Detail

getProperty(String) Method

public Object getProperty(String sProperty)
Shortcut method to get a property value. This will typically only be used if the caller knows the set of properties available on the element.

Parameters

sProperty
The name of the property to fetch.

Returns

Value of the property, or null if the property does not exist.

getPropertyDescriptors() Method

public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors()
Return the property descriptors available for this object. Although this method is borrowed from JavaBeans, an IElement is not necessarily a JavaBean. However, it should be easy to turn beans into IElements.

Returns

Array of property descriptor objects describing the properties that this IElement exposes

setProperty(String, Object) Method

public void setProperty(String sProperty, 
                        Object oValue)
Shortcut method to set a property value. This will typically only be used if the caller knows the set of properties available on the element.

Parameters

sProperty
The name of the property to set.
oValue
value object to which the property should be set.