IBM Rational Software Modeler
Release 6.0

com.ibm.xtools.common.ui.services.properties.descriptors
Interface ICompositeSourcePropertyDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:
IPropertyDescriptor
All Known Implementing Classes:
CompositeSourcePropertyDescriptor

public interface ICompositeSourcePropertyDescriptor
extends IPropertyDescriptor

A descriptor object to work together with the CompositePropertySource object. Clients who would like to take advantage of the concrete implementation of the ICompositePropertySource CompositePropertySource class, should implement interface for custom property descriptors. This interface can also be used by custom property provider objects to initialize properties - e.g. write protect, set initial property value, etc.


Method Summary
 Object getPropertyValue()
          Return a value of the the property represented by this descriptor
 boolean isReadOnly()
          Return read-only status - true if editing of the property is not allowed, false otherwise
 void resetPropertyValue()
          This method is used by the property source to reset the property that this property descriptor maps to.
 void setCategory(String name)
          Sets the property category name
 void setPropertyValue(Object value)
          This method is used by the property source to set the property that this property descriptor maps to.
 void setReadOnly(boolean read)
          Set read-only to true if the property is read-only, or to false otherwise
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.IPropertyDescriptor
createPropertyEditor, getCategory, getDescription, getDisplayName, getFilterFlags, getHelpContextIds, getId, getLabelProvider, isCompatibleWith
 

Method Detail

setReadOnly

public void setReadOnly(boolean read)
Set read-only to true if the property is read-only, or to false otherwise

Parameters:
read - - true if the property is read-only, or to false otherwise

isReadOnly

public boolean isReadOnly()
Return read-only status - true if editing of the property is not allowed, false otherwise

Returns:
- read-only status - true if editing of the property is not allowed, false otherwise

setCategory

public void setCategory(String name)
Sets the property category name

Parameters:
name - The category name in which the property is to be displayed.

getPropertyValue

public Object getPropertyValue()
Return a value of the the property represented by this descriptor

Returns:
- a value of this property

setPropertyValue

public void setPropertyValue(Object value)
This method is used by the property source to set the property that this property descriptor maps to.


resetPropertyValue

public void resetPropertyValue()
This method is used by the property source to reset the property that this property descriptor maps to.


IBM Rational Software Modeler
Release 6.0


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