ewe.data
Interface EditableData

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, Copyable, DataUnit, Textable, Transferrable

All Known Implementing Classes:

EditableObject

public interface EditableData

extends DataUnit, Textable, Transferrable

Method Summary

void	fromSaveableData(Wrapper data) This retrieves the state from the data in the wrapper.
EditableObjectControl	getControl() Get the Control for the object.
Object	getProperty(String property, Object defaultValue) Get a property for the object.
void	toSaveableData(Wrapper data) This asks the object to set the Wrapper to be a value that can be used to save the state of this object.

Methods inherited from interface ewe.data.DataUnit

copyFrom, getNew

Methods inherited from interface ewe.util.Copyable

getCopy

Methods inherited from interface ewe.util.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface ewe.util.Textable

getText, setText

Methods inherited from interface ewe.data.Transferrable

getSetTransferData

Method Detail

getControl

public EditableObjectControl getControl()

Get the Control for the object.

getProperty

public Object getProperty(String property,
                          Object defaultValue)

Get a property for the object.

toSaveableData

public void toSaveableData(Wrapper data)

This asks the object to set the Wrapper to be a value that can be used to save the state of this object. The value set in the Wrapper should be

• Any primitive value.
• A ewe.sys.Time object for date/time values.
• A String object for complex data.
• A ByteArray or byte[] object for more complex data.

If you are calling setObject() for one of the specified types, you must NOT provide a null object.

fromSaveableData

public void fromSaveableData(Wrapper data)
                      throws IllegalArgumentException

This retrieves the state from the data in the wrapper. See toSaveableData() for acceptable data types that should be stored in the Wrapper.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException