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16 package android.util;
17 
18 
19 /**
20  * A property is an abstraction that can be used to represent a <emb>mutable</em> value that is held
21  * in a <em>host</em> object. The Property's {@link #set(Object, Object)} or {@link #get(Object)}
22  * methods can be implemented in terms of the private fields of the host object, or via "setter" and
23  * "getter" methods or by some other mechanism, as appropriate.
24  *
25  * @param <T> The class on which the property is declared.
26  * @param <V> The type that this property represents.
27  */
28 public abstract class Property<T, V> {
29 
30     private final String mName;
31     private final Class<V> mType;
32 
33     /**
34      * This factory method creates and returns a Property given the <code>class</code> and
35      * <code>name</code> parameters, where the <code>"name"</code> parameter represents either:
36      * <ul>
37      *     <li>a public <code>getName()</code> method on the class which takes no arguments, plus an
38      *     optional public <code>setName()</code> method which takes a value of the same type
39      *     returned by <code>getName()</code>
40      *     <li>a public <code>isName()</code> method on the class which takes no arguments, plus an
41      *     optional public <code>setName()</code> method which takes a value of the same type
42      *     returned by <code>isName()</code>
43      *     <li>a public <code>name</code> field on the class
44      * </ul>
45      *
46      * <p>If either of the get/is method alternatives is found on the class, but an appropriate
47      * <code>setName()</code> method is not found, the <code>Property</code> will be
48      * {@link #isReadOnly() readOnly}. Calling the {@link #set(Object, Object)} method on such
49      * a property is allowed, but will have no effect.</p>
50      *
51      * <p>If neither the methods nor the field are found on the class a
52      * {@link NoSuchPropertyException} exception will be thrown.</p>
53      */
of(Class<T> hostType, Class<V> valueType, String name)54     public static <T, V> Property<T, V> of(Class<T> hostType, Class<V> valueType, String name) {
55         return new ReflectiveProperty<T, V>(hostType, valueType, name);
56     }
57 
58     /**
59      * A constructor that takes an identifying name and {@link #getType() type} for the property.
60      */
Property(Class<V> type, String name)61     public Property(Class<V> type, String name) {
62         mName = name;
63         mType = type;
64     }
65 
66     /**
67      * Returns true if the {@link #set(Object, Object)} method does not set the value on the target
68      * object (in which case the {@link #set(Object, Object) set()} method should throw a {@link
69      * NoSuchPropertyException} exception). This may happen if the Property wraps functionality that
70      * allows querying the underlying value but not setting it. For example, the {@link #of(Class,
71      * Class, String)} factory method may return a Property with name "foo" for an object that has
72      * only a <code>getFoo()</code> or <code>isFoo()</code> method, but no matching
73      * <code>setFoo()</code> method.
74      */
isReadOnly()75     public boolean isReadOnly() {
76         return false;
77     }
78 
79     /**
80      * Sets the value on <code>object</code> which this property represents. If the method is unable
81      * to set the value on the target object it will throw an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}
82      * exception.
83      */
set(T object, V value)84     public void set(T object, V value) {
85         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Property " + getName() +" is read-only");
86     }
87 
88     /**
89      * Returns the current value that this property represents on the given <code>object</code>.
90      */
get(T object)91     public abstract V get(T object);
92 
93     /**
94      * Returns the name for this property.
95      */
getName()96     public String getName() {
97         return mName;
98     }
99 
100     /**
101      * Returns the type for this property.
102      */
getType()103     public Class<V> getType() {
104         return mType;
105     }
106 }
107