Eclipse Platform
Release 3.6

org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans
Interface IBeanListProperty

All Superinterfaces:
IBeanProperty, IListProperty, IProperty

public interface IBeanListProperty
extends IBeanProperty, IListProperty

An IListProperty extension interface with convenience methods for creating nested bean properties.

Since:
1.2

Method Summary
 IBeanListProperty values(IBeanValueProperty property)
          Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.
 IBeanListProperty values(String propertyName)
          Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.
 IBeanListProperty values(String propertyName, Class valueType)
          Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans.IBeanProperty
getPropertyDescriptor
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.databinding.property.list.IListProperty
getElementType, getList, listFactory, listFactory, observe, observe, observeDetail, setList, updateList, values
 

Method Detail

values

IBeanListProperty values(String propertyName)
Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.

Parameters:
propertyName - the value property to observe. May be nested e.g. "parent.name"
Returns:
a nested combination of this property and the specified value property.
See Also:
values(IBeanValueProperty)

values

IBeanListProperty values(String propertyName,
                         Class valueType)
Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.

Parameters:
propertyName - the value property to observe. May be nested e.g. "parent.name"
valueType - the value type of the named property
Returns:
a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.
See Also:
values(IBeanValueProperty)

values

IBeanListProperty values(IBeanValueProperty property)
Returns a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property. The returned property will observe the specified value property for all elements observed by this list property.

Example:

 // Observes the list-typed "children" property of a Person object,
 // where the elements are Person objects
 IBeanListProperty children = BeanProperties.list(Person.class, "children",
                Person.class);
 // Observes the string-typed "name" property of a Person object
 IBeanValueProperty name = BeanProperties.value(Person.class, "name");
 // Observes the names of children of a Person object.
 IBeanListProperty childrenNames = children.values(name);
 

Parameters:
property - the detail property to observe
Returns:
a master-detail combination of this property and the specified value property.

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